Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Uruguay

Dentists per 10,000 people in Uruguay in 2023 — 2.6 per 10k. Ranked 58 in the world out of 99. Since 2002, the indicator has fallen by 78.3%.

2023 2.6 per 10k +4.42% vs 2022
World rank 58of 99
Period maximum 14.71 per 10k2017
Period minimum 2.26 per 10k2021

Trend over time

2002–2023 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Uruguay, 2002–2023051015200220052008201120142017202020232002: 12 per 10k2008: 7.5 per 10k2016: 12.36 per 10k2017: 14.71 per 10k2021: 2.26 per 10k2022: 2.49 per 10k2023: 2.6 per 10k
Change over the period: −9.4 (−78.33%) Average annual rate: -7.02 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2023 2.6 +0.11 +4.42%
2022 2.49 +0.23 +10.18%
2021 2.26
2017 14.71 +2.35 +19.01%
2016 12.36
2008 7.5
2002 12

South America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of dentistry personnel per 10,000 people, from WHO. Dentistry is set apart as a separate indicator because almost everywhere it is financed differently from the rest of medicine — more often out of personal funds — and provision of it is poorly predicted by overall provision of physicians.

Important: The World Bank database has no such indicator, so coverage here is narrower: 193 territories against 245 for nursing personnel.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.