Countries by dentists per 10,000 people
San Marino had the highest dentists per 10,000 people of 150 countries in 2018, at 17.39 per 10,000 people. Niger had the lowest, at 0.01 per 10,000 people. The median was 2.52 per 10,000 people. Source: World Health Organization.
Top 40 countries, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Marino | 17.39 | |
| 2 | Cuba | 16.84 | +1.4% |
| 3 | Chile | 12.44 | +5.4% |
| 4 | Greece | 12.39 | +0.5% |
| 5 | Lebanon | 11.7 | +7.1% |
| 6 | Argentina | 11.59 | +0.6% |
| 7 | Portugal | 10.55 | +4.7% |
| 8 | Andorra | 10.51 | -0.6% |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 10.37 | -2.3% |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 10.34 | +3.1% |
| 11 | Lithuania | 10.32 | +2.9% |
| 12 | Albania | 10.27 | |
| 13 | North Macedonia | 9.69 | +3.9% |
| 14 | Estonia | 9.66 | +0.6% |
| 15 | Monaco | 9.16 | |
| 16 | El Salvador | 8.98 | |
| 17 | Syria | 8.72 | +3.2% |
| 18 | Croatia | 8.62 | +2.4% |
| 19 | Germany | 8.53 | +0.2% |
| 20 | Norway | 8.49 | -0.1% |
| 21 | Italy | 8.35 | +1.7% |
| 22 | Romania | 8.3 | +5.5% |
| 23 | Iceland | 8.19 | +0.9% |
| 24 | Colombia | 8.1 | +1.2% |
| 25 | Sweden | 8.07 | -0.7% |
| 26 | Georgia | 8.04 | +23.5% |
| 27 | Japan | 8.02 | |
| 27 | Spain | 8.02 | +2.4% |
| 29 | Israel | 7.99 | +11.3% |
| 30 | Cyprus | 7.68 | +2.5% |
| 31 | Kuwait | 7.55 | +8% |
| 32 | Belgium | 7.54 | +0.7% |
| 33 | Czechia | 7.44 | -0.9% |
| 34 | Slovenia | 7.21 | +2.1% |
| 35 | Denmark | 7.19 | 0% |
| 36 | Finland | 7.11 | +1.6% |
| 37 | Latvia | 7.06 | -0.6% |
| 38 | Hungary | 7.03 | +4.5% |
| 39 | Jordan | 6.79 | -2.2% |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 6.71 | +10.4% |
| 41 | Ireland | 6.6 | +2% |
| 42 | Canada | 6.57 | +3.6% |
| 43 | France | 6.55 | -0.3% |
| 44 | Brazil | 6.5 | -48.6% |
| 45 | Qatar | 6.36 | +6% |
| 46 | New Zealand | 6.13 | +0.5% |
| 47 | Australia | 5.96 | +0.8% |
| 48 | United States | 5.95 | -0.5% |
| 49 | Austria | 5.94 | -0.2% |
| 50 | Belarus | 5.73 | -0.7% |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 5.52 | +8.2% |
| 52 | Netherlands | 5.5 | +0.9% |
| 53 | Moldova | 5.45 | +1.7% |
| 54 | United Kingdom | 5.24 | 0% |
| 55 | Slovakia | 5.11 | +2% |
| 56 | Switzerland | 5.09 | -1.4% |
| 57 | South Korea | 4.99 | +1.6% |
| 58 | Malta | 4.79 | +0.4% |
| 59 | Iran | 4.25 | +37.1% |
| 60 | Mongolia | 4.09 | |
| 61 | Singapore | 4.07 | +2.5% |
| 62 | Armenia | 3.97 | +10.3% |
| 63 | Algeria | 3.63 | +6.1% |
| 63 | Türkiye | 3.63 | +8% |
| 65 | Poland | 3.38 | -3.2% |
| 66 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.21 | -6.1% |
| 67 | Oman | 3.13 | +5% |
| 68 | Ecuador | 3.12 | +4% |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 3 | +3.4% |
| 70 | Panama | 2.96 | -2.6% |
| 71 | Malaysia | 2.95 | +10.9% |
| 72 | Russia | 2.82 | 0% |
| 73 | Serbia | 2.75 | +0.7% |
| 74 | Brunei | 2.58 | |
| 75 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.55 | |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 2.49 | -0.4% |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.46 | -0.8% |
| 78 | Philippines | 2.44 | +3.4% |
| 79 | Palau | 2.25 | |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 2.21 | +4.2% |
| 81 | Peru | 1.93 | |
| 82 | Grenada | 1.9 | +29.3% |
| 83 | Egypt | 1.87 | +1.6% |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.84 | +1.7% |
| 85 | Paraguay | 1.76 | |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 1.65 | -2.4% |
| 87 | India | 1.59 | -14.1% |
| 88 | Cape Verde | 1.58 | |
| 89 | Belize | 1.5 | 0% |
| 90 | Mexico | 1.21 | -12.3% |
| 91 | Guyana | 1.18 | |
| 92 | Dominica | 1.17 | +60.3% |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 1.16 | +2.7% |
| 94 | South Africa | 1.1 | 0% |
| 95 | Thailand | 1.08 | -21.2% |
| 96 | Morocco | 1 | -1% |
| 97 | Nepal | 0.97 | -55.3% |
| 98 | Uzbekistan | 0.93 | -3.1% |
| 99 | Pakistan | 0.9 | -2.2% |
| 100 | Bahrain | 0.81 | -3.6% |
| 101 | Bhutan | 0.79 | +1.3% |
| 102 | Myanmar | 0.67 | -19.3% |
| 102 | Suriname | 0.67 | |
| 104 | Laos | 0.62 | -11.4% |
| 104 | Sri Lanka | 0.62 | -7.5% |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 0.59 | +18% |
| 107 | Eritrea | 0.58 | |
| 108 | Indonesia | 0.57 | +5.6% |
| 109 | Angola | 0.53 | |
| 109 | Maldives | 0.53 | -26.4% |
| 111 | Montenegro | 0.47 | 0% |
| 112 | Botswana | 0.42 | |
| 112 | Comoros | 0.42 | |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 0.39 | -2.5% |
| 115 | Namibia | 0.34 | |
| 116 | Cambodia | 0.31 | 0% |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 0.28 | |
| 118 | Mauritania | 0.26 | |
| 119 | Ghana | 0.23 | |
| 120 | Haiti | 0.22 | |
| 121 | Nigeria | 0.21 | 0% |
| 122 | Côte d’Ivoire | 0.18 | |
| 122 | Gabon | 0.18 | +5.9% |
| 122 | Rwanda | 0.18 | |
| 125 | Ethiopia | 0.17 | |
| 125 | Kenya | 0.17 | |
| 127 | Papua New Guinea | 0.15 | |
| 128 | Eswatini | 0.12 | |
| 128 | Tanzania | 0.12 | |
| 130 | Mozambique | 0.09 | +12.5% |
| 130 | Zambia | 0.09 | |
| 132 | Madagascar | 0.08 | |
| 133 | Zimbabwe | 0.07 | 0% |
| 134 | Guinea | 0.06 | |
| 134 | Malawi | 0.06 | |
| 134 | Timor-Leste | 0.06 | |
| 137 | Afghanistan | 0.05 | |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 0.05 | +25% |
| 137 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.05 | |
| 137 | Republic of the Congo | 0.05 | |
| 141 | South Sudan | 0.03 | |
| 141 | Togo | 0.03 | -57.1% |
| 143 | Central African Republic | 0.02 | |
| 143 | Gambia | 0.02 | |
| 143 | Mali | 0.02 | |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 0.02 | |
| 147 | Benin | 0.01 | |
| 147 | Burundi | 0.01 | |
| 147 | Liberia | 0.01 | |
| 147 | Niger | 0.01 |
Other periods
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- 2018
About this ranking
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 43 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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World Health Organization, data.who.int. Density of dentistry personnel (per 10 000 population) (HWF_0010) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/C25EFD6/9F88C44 (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which country has the highest dentists per 10,000 people?
San Marino, with 17.39 per 10,000 people in 2018, according to World Health Organization.
Which country has the lowest dentists per 10,000 people?
Niger, with 0.01 per 10,000 people in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Health Organization, Density of dentistry personnel (per 10 000 population) (HWF_0010). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 43 countries have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.