Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population by country
Health worker density, by type of occupation (per 10,000 population).
Countries reporting
173
Highest
16.77 per 10,000 population
Chile
Lowest
0 per 10,000 population
Burundi
Median
2.83 per 10,000 population
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
2,659
What the numbers show
Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 16.77 per 10,000 population in Chile; the lowest is 0 per 10,000 population in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.83 per 10,000 population, and the mean is 4.08 per 10,000 population.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Cape Verde (up 3,783.3%), and the largest decrease in Morocco (down 90.4%).
Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 16.77 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 106.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Cuba | 15.97 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 3 | Greece | 13.59 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 4 | Paraguay | 13.41 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 649.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Andorra | 12.7 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 6 | Lebanon | 12.5 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 7 | Portugal | 12.25 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 8 | Lithuania | 11.65 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 9 | Israel | 11.61 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 10 | Romania | 11.3 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 11.29 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 12 | Syria | 11.16 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 13 | Niue | 11.11 per 10,000 population | 2024 | — | falling |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 10.89 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 10.84 per 10,000 population | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Estonia | 10.29 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 17 | Albania | 10.27 per 10,000 population | 2018 | up 202.9% | rising |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 9.74 per 10,000 population | 2017 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 19 | Croatia | 9.56 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 20 | Poland | 9.51 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 195.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Cyprus | 9.41 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 9.24 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 23 | Monaco | 9.19 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 8.85 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 118.0% | rising |
| 25 | Norway | 8.79 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 8.7 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 27 | Germany | 8.44 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 28 | Kuwait | 8.34 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 29 | Jordan | 8.28 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 30 | Italy | 8.16 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 30 | Japan | 8.16 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 32 | Georgia | 8.08 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 33 | Iceland | 8.01 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 34 | Brazil | 7.85 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 7.81 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 36 | Sweden | 7.79 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 37 | Denmark | 7.73 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 38 | Slovenia | 7.66 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 39 | Hungary | 7.56 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 40 | Czechia | 7.52 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 41 | Belgium | 7.24 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 42 | Qatar | 7.23 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 43 | Latvia | 7.18 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 44 | France | 7.01 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 45 | Finland | 6.95 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 46 | San Marino | 6.85 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 47 | Iraq | 6.8 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 214.8% | rising |
| 48 | Cook Islands | 6.57 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 47.7% | flat |
| 49 | Canada | 6.53 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 50 | Australia | 6.52 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 51 | Spain | 6.48 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 52 | Austria | 6.35 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 53 | Mongolia | 6.31 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 121.4% | rising |
| 54 | Belarus | 6.16 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 55 | United States | 5.89 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 56 | Ukraine | 5.86 per 10,000 population | 2014 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 57 | Libya | 5.8 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 58 | Netherlands | 5.6 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 59 | South Korea | 5.49 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 60 | Slovakia | 5.37 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 61 | Malta | 5.29 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 62 | Iran | 5.26 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 63 | Turkey | 5.24 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 64 | New Zealand | 5.17 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 5.08 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 66 | Moldova | 4.98 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 67 | Ireland | 4.87 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 17.7% | flat |
| 67 | Malaysia | 4.87 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 153.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Singapore | 4.45 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 70 | Switzerland | 4.06 per 10,000 population | 2019 | down 22.1% | flat |
| 71 | Palau | 3.96 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 72 | Tunisia | 3.68 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 73 | Armenia | 3.59 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 74 | Algeria | 3.57 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 75 | Nauru | 3.45 per 10,000 population | 2019 | up 245.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 3.38 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 77 | Oman | 3.27 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 78 | Mauritius | 3.24 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 79 | Barbados | 3.12 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 80 | Egypt | 3.09 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 106.0% | rising |
| 81 | Seychelles | 3.07 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 117.7% | rising |
| 82 | North Korea | 3 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.99 per 10,000 population | 2019 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 84 | Ecuador | 2.97 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 85 | Brunei | 2.87 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 86 | Philippines | 2.86 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 2.83 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 88 | Panama | 2.8 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 89 | Russia | 2.79 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 90 | Uruguay | 2.6 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.58 per 10,000 population | 2019 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 92 | Serbia | 2.56 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 93 | Sudan | 2.5 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 987.0% | volatile |
| 94 | India | 2.43 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Cape Verde | 2.33 per 10,000 population | 2019 | up 3,783.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Bolivia | 2.29 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 110.1% | rising |
| 97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.27 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 98 | Kazakhstan | 2.25 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 99 | Peru | 2.15 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 100 | Tuvalu | 2.08 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 101 | Grenada | 1.9 per 10,000 population | 2018 | up 134.6% | rising |
| 102 | Nepal | 1.8 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 103 | Saint Lucia | 1.76 per 10,000 population | 2017 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 104 | Belize | 1.71 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 105 | Pakistan | 1.61 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 126.8% | rising |
| 106 | El Salvador | 1.57 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Tajikistan | 1.5 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.49 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 109 | Marshall Islands | 1.45 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 88.3% | rising |
| 110 | Tonga | 1.42 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 52.7% | falling |
| 111 | Mexico | 1.39 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 1.3 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 113 | Indonesia | 1.23 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 151.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 1.23 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 115 | Namibia | 1.14 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 293.1% | rising |
| 116 | Thailand | 1.13 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 117 | South Africa | 1.07 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 118 | Maldives | 1.02 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 119 | Bhutan | 0.97 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 870.0% | rising |
| 119 | Jamaica | 0.97 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 646.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 0.96 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 122 | Samoa | 0.9 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Fiji | 0.83 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 124 | Laos | 0.82 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 125 | Bahrain | 0.8 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 126 | Bangladesh | 0.76 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 127 | Myanmar | 0.72 per 10,000 population | 2019 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 128 | Guyana | 0.68 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 129 | Kiribati | 0.53 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 130 | Montenegro | 0.49 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Solomon Islands | 0.45 per 10,000 population | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 132 | Comoros | 0.38 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 0.36 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 134 | Botswana | 0.35 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 135 | Cambodia | 0.31 per 10,000 population | 2018 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 135 | Mauritania | 0.31 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 0.3 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Ethiopia | 0.28 per 10,000 population | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Nigeria | 0.25 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 140 | Ghana | 0.2 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Yemen | 0.19 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 142 | Gabon | 0.18 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 143 | Eswatini | 0.17 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 58.5% | rising |
| 144 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.15 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 145 | Morocco | 0.13 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 90.4% | rising |
| 145 | Mozambique | 0.13 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Cameroon | 0.12 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Senegal | 0.11 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 148 | Uganda | 0.11 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 148 | Zambia | 0.11 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 151 | Rwanda | 0.09 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 152 | Madagascar | 0.07 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 152 | Malawi | 0.07 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 0.06 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 0.06 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 154 | Mali | 0.06 per 10,000 population | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 0.06 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Tanzania | 0.06 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Benin | 0.05 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Kenya | 0.05 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 79.2% | falling |
| 159 | South Sudan | 0.05 per 10,000 population | 2024 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 162 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.04 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 163 | Gambia | 0.03 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 164 | Guinea | 0.02 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 164 | Liberia | 0.02 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 0.02 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Togo | 0.02 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 164 | East Timor | 0.02 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Central African Republic | 0.01 per 10,000 population | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 169 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.01 per 10,000 population | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Niger | 0.01 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 169 | Chad | 0.01 per 10,000 population | 2024 | — | flat |
| 173 | Burundi | 0 per 10,000 population | 2024 | — | volatile |
About this data
Health worker density, by type of occupation (per 10,000 population).