Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Vanuatu

Dentists per 10,000 people in Vanuatu in 2019 — 0.31 per 10k. Ranked 111 in the world out of 135. Since 2008, the indicator has risen by 138.5%.

2019 0.31 per 10k +10.71% vs 2018
World rank 111of 135
Period maximum 0.68 per 10k2012
Period minimum 0.13 per 10k2008

Trend over time

2008–2019 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Vanuatu, 2008–201900.20.40.60.820082010201220142016201820192008: 0.13 per 10k2012: 0.68 per 10k2018: 0.28 per 10k2019: 0.31 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.18 (+138.46%) Average annual rate: 8.22 %

Comparison, 2019

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Vanuatu

Vanuatu 0.31 per 10k
Melanesia computed 0.2 per 10k
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.05 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2019 0.31 +0.03 +10.71%
2018 0.28
2012 0.68
2008 0.13

Melanesia, 2019

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.