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Dentists per 10,000 people

Dentists working in the country per 10,000 people, as reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts.

Unit: Per 10,000 people Frequency: Annual Coverage: 191 countries 1990 to 2024 Source: WHO
Highest in 2022 15.97 per 10,000 people Cuba Lowest in 2022 0.01 per 10,000 people Niger
Countries ranked for 2022 129 Updated by the source on 23 January 2026

129 countries have a value for 2022, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.

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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), 2002 to 2024
Period ParaguayTuvalu
2024 – 2.08 per 10,000 people
2022 13.41 per 10,000 people –
2021 12.84 per 10,000 people –
2020 – 0.96 per 10,000 people
2018 1.76 per 10,000 people –
2014 – 4.55 per 10,000 people
2012 1.79 per 10,000 people –
2008 – 1.94 per 10,000 people
2003 – 2.06 per 10,000 people
2002 4.61 per 10,000 people 2.08 per 10,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 129 countries with a value for 2022, the highest is Cuba (15.97 per 10,000 people) and the lowest Niger (0.01 per 10,000 people).
  • Half of the countries are above 2.94 per 10,000 people and half below.
  • From 2021 to 2022 the value rose in 12 countries and fell in 6.

About this measure

Definition
Dentists working in the country per 10,000 people, as reported to WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts.
Unit
Per 10,000 people
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (per 10,000 people)

Before comparing

  • Countries count practising, professionally active or licensed dentists differently; years also differ.

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
1990 to 2024
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

All countries in 2022 Every value is for 2022, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Cuba 15.97 per 10,000 people
  2. 2 Chile 15.83 per 10,000 people
  3. 3 Paraguay 13.41 per 10,000 people
  4. 4 Greece 13.35 per 10,000 people
  5. 5 Portugal 12.05 per 10,000 people
  6. 6 Argentina 11.92 per 10,000 people
  7. 7 Andorra 11.67 per 10,000 people
  8. 8 Romania 11.40 per 10,000 people
  9. 9 Bulgaria 11.23 per 10,000 people
  10. 10 Syria 11.16 per 10,000 people
  11. 11 Lithuania 11.02 per 10,000 people
  12. 12 Costa Rica 10.89 per 10,000 people
  13. 13 Estonia 10.18 per 10,000 people
  14. 14 Croatia 9.46 per 10,000 people
  15. 15 North Macedonia 9.24 per 10,000 people
  16. 16 Poland 9.09 per 10,000 people
  17. 17 Israel 9.01 per 10,000 people
  18. 18 Norway 8.78 per 10,000 people
  19. 19 Colombia 8.63 per 10,000 people
  20. 20 Germany 8.48 per 10,000 people
  21. 21 Kuwait 8.34 per 10,000 people
  22. 22 United Arab Emirates 8.29 per 10,000 people
  23. 23 Cyprus 8.19 per 10,000 people
  24. 24 Japan 8.16 per 10,000 people
  25. 25 Italy 7.95 per 10,000 people
  26. 26 Jordan 7.94 per 10,000 people
  27. 27 Iceland 7.91 per 10,000 people
  28. 28 Sweden 7.79 per 10,000 people
  29. 29 Denmark 7.74 per 10,000 people
  30. 30 Georgia 7.62 per 10,000 people
  31. 31 Czechia 7.59 per 10,000 people
  32. 32 Belgium 7.58 per 10,000 people
  33. 33 Hungary 7.43 per 10,000 people
  34. 34 Saudi Arabia 7.43 per 10,000 people
  35. 35 Slovenia 7.43 per 10,000 people
  36. 36 San Marino 7.33 per 10,000 people
  37. 37 Latvia 7.08 per 10,000 people
  38. 38 Finland 7.07 per 10,000 people
  39. 39 France 6.94 per 10,000 people
  40. 40 Australia 6.41 per 10,000 people
  41. 41 Austria 6.14 per 10,000 people
  42. 42 Spain 6.01 per 10,000 people
  43. 43 United States 5.93 per 10,000 people
  44. 44 Belarus 5.87 per 10,000 people
  45. 45 Netherlands 5.77 per 10,000 people
  46. 46 Palau 5.62 per 10,000 people
  47. 47 Slovakia 5.43 per 10,000 people
  48. 48 Mongolia 5.41 per 10,000 people
  49. 49 South Korea 5.41 per 10,000 people
  50. 50 United Kingdom 5.12 per 10,000 people
  51. 51 Malta 5.11 per 10,000 people
  52. 52 Moldova 5.11 per 10,000 people
  53. 53 New Zealand 5.09 per 10,000 people
  54. 54 Iraq 5.02 per 10,000 people
  55. 55 Türkiye 4.87 per 10,000 people
  56. 56 Ireland 4.56 per 10,000 people
  57. 57 Singapore 4.44 per 10,000 people
  58. 58 Malaysia 3.87 per 10,000 people
  59. 59 Armenia 3.59 per 10,000 people
  60. 60 Oman 3.59 per 10,000 people
  61. 61 Algeria 3.57 per 10,000 people
  62. 62 Seychelles 3.51 per 10,000 people
  63. 63 Azerbaijan 3.38 per 10,000 people
  64. 64 Mauritius 3.24 per 10,000 people
  65. 65 Barbados 2.94 per 10,000 people
  66. 66 Panama 2.80 per 10,000 people
  67. 67 Brunei 2.59 per 10,000 people
  68. 68 Dominican Republic 2.52 per 10,000 people
  69. 69 Uruguay 2.49 per 10,000 people
  70. 70 Serbia 2.47 per 10,000 people
  71. 71 Kazakhstan 2.21 per 10,000 people
  72. 72 Peru 2.11 per 10,000 people
  73. 73 India 2.06 per 10,000 people
  74. 74 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.96 per 10,000 people
  75. 75 Belize 1.71 per 10,000 people
  76. 76 Tajikistan 1.57 per 10,000 people
  77. 77 El Salvador 1.55 per 10,000 people
  78. 78 Kyrgyzstan 1.54 per 10,000 people
  79. 79 Indonesia 1.46 per 10,000 people
  80. 80 Uzbekistan 1.36 per 10,000 people
  81. 81 Morocco 1.31 per 10,000 people
  82. 82 Turkmenistan 1.24 per 10,000 people
  83. 83 Mexico 1.19 per 10,000 people
  84. 84 Thailand 1.13 per 10,000 people
  85. 85 South Africa 1.06 per 10,000 people
  86. 86 Bhutan 0.97 per 10,000 people
  87. 87 Namibia 0.78 per 10,000 people
  88. 88 Bangladesh 0.75 per 10,000 people
  89. 89 Montenegro 0.60 per 10,000 people
  90. 90 Botswana 0.41 per 10,000 people
  91. 91 Comoros 0.38 per 10,000 people
  92. 92 Nicaragua 0.36 per 10,000 people
  93. 93 Mauritania 0.31 per 10,000 people
  94. 94 Eswatini 0.28 per 10,000 people
  95. 95 Ethiopia 0.28 per 10,000 people
  96. 96 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.27 per 10,000 people
  97. 97 Kenya 0.25 per 10,000 people
  98. 98 Nigeria 0.23 per 10,000 people
  99. 99 Eritrea 0.20 per 10,000 people
  100. 100 Rwanda 0.20 per 10,000 people
  101. 101 Yemen 0.19 per 10,000 people
  102. 102 Gabon 0.18 per 10,000 people
  103. 103 Zambia 0.15 per 10,000 people
  104. 104 Côte d'Ivoire 0.14 per 10,000 people
  105. 105 Senegal 0.13 per 10,000 people
  106. 106 Zimbabwe 0.13 per 10,000 people
  107. 107 Cameroon 0.12 per 10,000 people
  108. 108 Tanzania 0.12 per 10,000 people
  109. 109 Mozambique 0.11 per 10,000 people
  110. 110 Uganda 0.11 per 10,000 people
  111. 111 Madagascar 0.08 per 10,000 people
  112. 112 Angola 0.07 per 10,000 people
  113. 113 Benin 0.05 per 10,000 people
  114. 114 Burkina Faso 0.05 per 10,000 people
  115. 115 Malawi 0.05 per 10,000 people
  116. 116 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.04 per 10,000 people
  117. 117 Gambia 0.03 per 10,000 people
  118. 118 Guinea 0.03 per 10,000 people
  119. 119 South Sudan 0.03 per 10,000 people
  120. 120 Liberia 0.02 per 10,000 people
  121. 121 Republic of the Congo 0.02 per 10,000 people
  122. 122 Sierra Leone 0.02 per 10,000 people
  123. 123 Togo 0.02 per 10,000 people
  124. 124 Burundi 0.01 per 10,000 people
  125. 125 Central African Republic 0.01 per 10,000 people
  126. 126 Chad 0.01 per 10,000 people
  127. 127 Guinea-Bissau 0.01 per 10,000 people
  128. 128 Mali 0.01 per 10,000 people
  129. 129 Niger 0.01 per 10,000 people
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