Dentists in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea had 0.06 dentists per 10,000 people in 2024.

Measure: Dentists per 10,000 people Unit: Per 10,000 people Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: WHO
Papua New Guinea, 2024 0.06 Per 10,000 people
Change from 2023 +0.01per 10,000 people 2023: 0.05 per 10,000 people

Dentists in Papua New Guinea over time

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Papua New Guinea

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), 2000 to 2024
Period Papua New Guinea
2024 0.06 per 10,000 people
2023 0.05 per 10,000 people
2021 0.05 per 10,000 people
2020 0.06 per 10,000 people
2019 0.07 per 10,000 people
2018 0.15 per 10,000 people
2009 0.16 per 10,000 people
2000 0.16 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.01 from 0.05 per 10,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2000, when it was 0.16 per 10,000 people, the figure has changed by −0.10.

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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
2000 to 2024 for Papua New Guinea
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