What is the difference in dentistry personnel per 10,000 population between Rwanda and Zambia?

0.02 per 10,000 population, with Zambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Zambia?

8 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization – processed by Our World in Data, published as Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Rwanda vs Zambia: Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population

Rwanda

0.09 per 10,000 population

in 2024

Zambia

0.11 per 10,000 population

in 2024

Rwanda rank

151st

Zambia rank

148th

Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population over time

Rwanda
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.11 per 10,000 population against 0.09 per 10,000 population in Rwanda, a difference of 0.02 per 10,000 population.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Zambia ahead.

Rwanda ranks 151st and Zambia ranks 148th of 173 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.07 per 10,000 population	0.18 per 10,000 population	0.11 per 10,000 population	Zambia
2010s	0.185 per 10,000 population	0.095 per 10,000 population	0.09 per 10,000 population	Rwanda
2020s	0.176 per 10,000 population	0.124 per 10,000 population	0.052 per 10,000 population	Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher dentistry personnel per 10,000 population, Rwanda or Zambia?: Zambia, at 0.11 per 10,000 population against 0.09 per 10,000 population in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in dentistry personnel per 10,000 population between Rwanda and Zambia?: 0.02 per 10,000 population, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Zambia?: 8 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2024.
How do Rwanda and Zambia rank globally for dentistry personnel per 10,000 population?: Rwanda ranks 151st and Zambia ranks 148th of 173 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization – processed by Our World in Data, published as Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Rwanda vs Zambia: Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/dentistry-personnel-per-1000/rwanda/zambia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/dentistry-personnel-per-1000/rwanda/zambia/">Rwanda vs Zambia: Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population
Unit: per 10,000 population
Source: World Health Organization – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 173 places, 2,659 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Health worker density, by type of occupation (per 10,000 population).