Dentists per 10,000 people
Dentists per 10,000 population (ISCO-08 code 2261), as reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts, divided by the national population. Depending on the country's source, the count covers practising dentists only or all registered dentists.
Dental assistants and technicians are not counted. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.
Key facts
- Dentists per 10,000 people in the United States was 5.89 per 10,000 people in 2023, according to World Health Organization.
- Cuba had the highest dentists per 10,000 people of 135 countries in 2019, at 17.7 per 10,000 people, and Liberia the lowest, at 0.01 per 10,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.
- Published for 193 places, with figures from 1990 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by dentists per 10,000 people, 2019
Places with data
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Georgia
- Qatar
- Burkina Faso
- Grenada
- Bulgaria
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