Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Zambia

Dentists per 10,000 people in Zambia in 2024 — 0.11 per 10k. Ranked 47 in the world out of 64. Since 2004, the indicator has fallen by 54.2%.

2024 0.11 per 10k +0% vs 2023
World rank 47of 64
Period maximum 0.24 per 10k2004
Period minimum 0.09 per 10k2018

Trend over time

2004–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Zambia, 2004–20240.050.10.150.20.25200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242004: 0.24 per 10k2009: 0.18 per 10k2010: 0.18 per 10k2016: 0.18 per 10k2018: 0.09 per 10k2019: 0.1 per 10k2020: 0.11 per 10k2021: 0.14 per 10k2022: 0.15 per 10k2023: 0.11 per 10k2024: 0.11 per 10k
Change over the period: −0.13 (−54.17%) Average annual rate: -3.83 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 0.11 per 10k
Eastern Africa computed 0.07 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 0.11 +0 +0%
2023 0.11 −0.04 −26.67%
2022 0.15 +0.01 +7.14%
2021 0.14 +0.03 +27.27%
2020 0.11 +0.01 +10%
2019 0.1 +0.01 +11.11%
2018 0.09
2016 0.18
2010 0.18 +0 +0%
2009 0.18
2004 0.24

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.