Dentists in Iraq

Iraq had 6.80 dentists per 10,000 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2010.

Measure: Dentists per 10,000 people Unit: Per 10,000 people Data: 2010 to 2023 Source: WHO
Iraq, 2023 6.80 Per 10,000 people
Change from 2022 +1.78per 10,000 people 2022: 5.02 per 10,000 people

Dentists in Iraq over time

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Per 10,000 people. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Dentists per 10,000 people (per 10,000 people), 2010 to 2023
Period Iraq
2023 6.80 per 10,000 people
2022 5.02 per 10,000 people
2021 4.36 per 10,000 people
2020 3.33 per 10,000 people
2019 3.47 per 10,000 people
2017 2.42 per 10,000 people
2016 2.01 per 10,000 people
2015 1.94 per 10,000 people
2014 2.16 per 10,000 people
2010 1.55 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.78 from 5.02 per 10,000 people in 2022.
  • Since 2010, when it was 1.55 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by +5.25.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Dataset or series code
HWF_0010 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2010 to 2023 for Iraq
Provider update
23 January 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms)
Attribution
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory