Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population by country
Health worker density, by type of occupation (per 10,000 population)
Countries reporting
160
Highest
18.42 per 10,000 population
Cuba
Lowest
0.01 per 10,000 population
Chad
Median
2.5 per 10,000 population
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
2,394
What the numbers show
Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 18.42 per 10,000 population in Cuba; the lowest is 0.01 per 10,000 population in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.5 per 10,000 population, and the mean is 4.01 per 10,000 population.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,842.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 987.0%), and the largest decrease in South Africa (down 82.1%).
Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 18.42 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 2 | Lithuania | 16.84 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 86.1% | rising |
| 3 | Chile | 16.77 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 106.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Paraguay | 13.41 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 649.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Greece | 13.35 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 6 | Lebanon | 12.5 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 7 | Andorra | 12.11 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 62.6% | rising |
| 8 | Portugal | 12.05 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 9 | Belgium | 11.92 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 10 | Romania | 11.4 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 11.23 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 10.89 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 10.86 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Poland | 10.73 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 233.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Syria | 10.22 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 16 | Estonia | 10.18 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 18 | Finland | 9.68 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 19 | Croatia | 9.46 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 20 | North Macedonia | 9.24 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 21 | Monaco | 9.19 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 22 | Israel | 8.97 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 8.85 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 118.0% | rising |
| 24 | Italy | 8.82 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 25 | Norway | 8.79 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 8.68 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 27 | Germany | 8.48 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 28 | Cyprus | 8.19 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 8.16 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 30 | Kuwait | 8.1 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 31 | Jordan | 7.94 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 32 | Iceland | 7.84 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 7.81 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 34 | Georgia | 7.74 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 34 | Sweden | 7.74 per 10,000 population | 2021 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 36 | Brazil | 7.45 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 37 | Hungary | 7.43 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 37 | Slovenia | 7.43 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 39 | Czechia | 7.39 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 39 | Qatar | 7.39 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 41 | Denmark | 7.18 per 10,000 population | 2021 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 42 | Latvia | 7.08 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 43 | France | 6.94 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 44 | Canada | 6.53 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 45 | Australia | 6.41 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 46 | Austria | 6.19 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 47 | Belarus | 6.09 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 48 | Spain | 6.03 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 49 | United States | 6 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 50 | Ukraine | 5.86 per 10,000 population | 2014 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 51 | Libya | 5.8 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 52 | Netherlands | 5.67 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 53 | Slovakia | 5.43 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 54 | South Korea | 5.41 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 54 | Mongolia | 5.41 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 89.8% | rising |
| 56 | Iran | 5.26 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 58 | New Zealand | 5.09 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 59 | Iraq | 5.02 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 223.9% | rising |
| 60 | Moldova | 4.98 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 61 | United Kingdom | 4.93 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 62 | Turkey | 4.87 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 64 | Singapore | 4.61 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 65 | Switzerland | 4.06 per 10,000 population | 2019 | down 22.1% | flat |
| 65 | Malaysia | 4.06 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Palau | 3.96 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 68 | Cook Islands | 3.73 per 10,000 population | 2019 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Tunisia | 3.68 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 70 | Armenia | 3.59 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 70 | Oman | 3.59 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 72 | Algeria | 3.57 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 73 | Seychelles | 3.51 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 148.9% | rising |
| 74 | Nauru | 3.45 per 10,000 population | 2019 | up 245.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 3.38 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 76 | Mauritius | 3.24 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 77 | Ecuador | 3 per 10,000 population | 2017 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.99 per 10,000 population | 2019 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 79 | Panama | 2.8 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 80 | Russia | 2.79 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 2.69 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.58 per 10,000 population | 2019 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 83 | Philippines | 2.51 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 84 | Sudan | 2.5 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 987.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Uruguay | 2.49 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Serbia | 2.47 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 87 | Brunei | 2.35 per 10,000 population | 2021 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 88 | Bolivia | 2.29 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 110.1% | rising |
| 89 | Peru | 2.15 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 2.13 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 91 | Grenada | 1.9 per 10,000 population | 2018 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 92 | Egypt | 1.87 per 10,000 population | 2018 | up 81.6% | rising |
| 93 | Saint Lucia | 1.76 per 10,000 population | 2017 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 94 | Belize | 1.71 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 95 | Nepal | 1.64 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 96 | India | 1.59 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 97 | El Salvador | 1.57 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.56 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 1.5 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 100 | Tonga | 1.42 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 52.7% | falling |
| 101 | Morocco | 1.4 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 68.7% | rising |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 1.24 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 20.4% | falling |
| 103 | Mexico | 1.18 per 10,000 population | 2021 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 104 | Pakistan | 1.16 per 10,000 population | 2019 | up 127.5% | rising |
| 105 | Thailand | 1.13 per 10,000 population | 2021 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 1.1 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 107 | Indonesia | 1.03 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 145.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Maldives | 1.02 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 109 | Bhutan | 0.97 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 870.0% | rising |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 0.96 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 110 | Tuvalu | 0.96 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Jamaica | 0.93 per 10,000 population | 2017 | up 447.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Samoa | 0.9 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Bahrain | 0.8 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 115 | Namibia | 0.78 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 169.0% | rising |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 0.76 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 116 | Laos | 0.76 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 105.4% | rising |
| 118 | Myanmar | 0.72 per 10,000 population | 2019 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 119 | Guyana | 0.68 per 10,000 population | 2020 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 119 | Kiribati | 0.68 per 10,000 population | 2016 | up 119.4% | rising |
| 121 | Montenegro | 0.58 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Solomon Islands | 0.51 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 0.41 per 10,000 population | 2018 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 124 | Comoros | 0.38 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 125 | Botswana | 0.36 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 126 | Cambodia | 0.31 per 10,000 population | 2018 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 126 | Mauritania | 0.31 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 0.3 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 0.28 per 10,000 population | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Eswatini | 0.28 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Kenya | 0.25 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 132 | Nigeria | 0.23 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 133 | Rwanda | 0.2 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 185.7% | rising |
| 134 | Yemen | 0.19 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 134 | South Africa | 0.19 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 82.1% | falling |
| 136 | Gabon | 0.18 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 137 | Cape Verde | 0.15 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.14 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 30.0% | flat |
| 138 | Zambia | 0.14 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 140 | Cameroon | 0.12 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Tanzania | 0.12 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Mozambique | 0.11 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Senegal | 0.11 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 142 | Uganda | 0.11 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Madagascar | 0.08 per 10,000 population | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 147 | Ghana | 0.07 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Afghanistan | 0.06 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 0.06 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 150 | Benin | 0.05 per 10,000 population | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | 0.05 per 10,000 population | 2023 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 152 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.04 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 153 | Guinea | 0.03 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 153 | Gambia | 0.03 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 155 | Liberia | 0.02 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 0.02 per 10,000 population | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Togo | 0.02 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 155 | East Timor | 0.02 per 10,000 population | 2020 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Burundi | 0.01 per 10,000 population | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Central African Republic | 0.01 per 10,000 population | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Mali | 0.01 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Niger | 0.01 per 10,000 population | 2022 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 159 | Chad | 0.01 per 10,000 population | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
Health worker density, by type of occupation (per 10,000 population)