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Dentists by country, 2022

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

129 places ranked for 2022. Highest: Cuba (15.97 per 10,000 people). Lowest: Niger (0.01 per 10,000 people). The median is 2.94 per 10,000 people.

Unit: per 10,000 people Source: WHO Trend, map and download

Highest 10

  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

Lowest 10

  1. 129. Niger 0.01 per 10,000 people
  2. 128. Mali 0.01 per 10,000 people
  3. 127. Guinea-Bissau 0.01 per 10,000 people
  4. 126. Chad 0.01 per 10,000 people
  5. 125. Central African Republic 0.01 per 10,000 people
  6. 124. Burundi 0.01 per 10,000 people
  7. 123. Togo 0.02 per 10,000 people
  8. 122. Sierra Leone 0.02 per 10,000 people
  9. 121. Republic of the Congo 0.02 per 10,000 people
  10. 120. Liberia 0.02 per 10,000 people

The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 129. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.

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.

Full ranking

Dentists by country, 2022
#CountryValuePeriodRelative size
1 Cuba 15.97 per 10,000 people 2022
2 Chile 15.83 per 10,000 people 2022
3 Paraguay 13.41 per 10,000 people 2022
4 Greece 13.35 per 10,000 people 2022
5 Portugal 12.05 per 10,000 people 2022
6 Argentina 11.92 per 10,000 people 2022
7 Andorra 11.67 per 10,000 people 2022
8 Romania 11.40 per 10,000 people 2022
9 Bulgaria 11.23 per 10,000 people 2022
10 Syria 11.16 per 10,000 people 2022
11 Lithuania 11.02 per 10,000 people 2022
12 Costa Rica 10.89 per 10,000 people 2022
13 Estonia 10.18 per 10,000 people 2022
14 Croatia 9.46 per 10,000 people 2022
15 North Macedonia 9.24 per 10,000 people 2022
16 Poland 9.09 per 10,000 people 2022
17 Israel 9.01 per 10,000 people 2022
18 Norway 8.78 per 10,000 people 2022
19 Colombia 8.63 per 10,000 people 2022
20 Germany 8.48 per 10,000 people 2022
21 Kuwait 8.34 per 10,000 people 2022
22 United Arab Emirates 8.29 per 10,000 people 2022
23 Cyprus 8.19 per 10,000 people 2022
24 Japan 8.16 per 10,000 people 2022
25 Italy 7.95 per 10,000 people 2022
26 Jordan 7.94 per 10,000 people 2022
27 Iceland 7.91 per 10,000 people 2022
28 Sweden 7.79 per 10,000 people 2022
29 Denmark 7.74 per 10,000 people 2022
30 Georgia 7.62 per 10,000 people 2022
31 Czechia 7.59 per 10,000 people 2022
32 Belgium 7.58 per 10,000 people 2022
33 Hungary 7.43 per 10,000 people 2022
34 Saudi Arabia 7.43 per 10,000 people 2022
35 Slovenia 7.43 per 10,000 people 2022
36 San Marino 7.33 per 10,000 people 2022
37 Latvia 7.08 per 10,000 people 2022
38 Finland 7.07 per 10,000 people 2022
39 France 6.94 per 10,000 people 2022
40 Australia 6.41 per 10,000 people 2022
41 Austria 6.14 per 10,000 people 2022
42 Spain 6.01 per 10,000 people 2022
43 United States 5.93 per 10,000 people 2022
44 Belarus 5.87 per 10,000 people 2022
45 Netherlands 5.77 per 10,000 people 2022
46 Palau 5.62 per 10,000 people 2022
47 Slovakia 5.43 per 10,000 people 2022
48 Mongolia 5.41 per 10,000 people 2022
49 South Korea 5.41 per 10,000 people 2022
50 United Kingdom 5.12 per 10,000 people 2022
51 Malta 5.11 per 10,000 people 2022
52 Moldova 5.11 per 10,000 people 2022
53 New Zealand 5.09 per 10,000 people 2022
54 Iraq 5.02 per 10,000 people 2022
55 Türkiye 4.87 per 10,000 people 2022
56 Ireland 4.56 per 10,000 people 2022
57 Singapore 4.44 per 10,000 people 2022
58 Malaysia 3.87 per 10,000 people 2022
59 Armenia 3.59 per 10,000 people 2022
60 Oman 3.59 per 10,000 people 2022
61 Algeria 3.57 per 10,000 people 2022
62 Seychelles 3.51 per 10,000 people 2022
63 Azerbaijan 3.38 per 10,000 people 2022
64 Mauritius 3.24 per 10,000 people 2022
65 Barbados 2.94 per 10,000 people 2022
66 Panama 2.80 per 10,000 people 2022
67 Brunei 2.59 per 10,000 people 2022
68 Dominican Republic 2.52 per 10,000 people 2022
69 Uruguay 2.49 per 10,000 people 2022
70 Serbia 2.47 per 10,000 people 2022
71 Kazakhstan 2.21 per 10,000 people 2022
72 Peru 2.11 per 10,000 people 2022
73 India 2.06 per 10,000 people 2022
74 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.96 per 10,000 people 2022
75 Belize 1.71 per 10,000 people 2022
76 Tajikistan 1.57 per 10,000 people 2022
77 El Salvador 1.55 per 10,000 people 2022
78 Kyrgyzstan 1.54 per 10,000 people 2022
79 Indonesia 1.46 per 10,000 people 2022
80 Uzbekistan 1.36 per 10,000 people 2022
81 Morocco 1.31 per 10,000 people 2022
82 Turkmenistan 1.24 per 10,000 people 2022
83 Mexico 1.19 per 10,000 people 2022
84 Thailand 1.13 per 10,000 people 2022
85 South Africa 1.06 per 10,000 people 2022
86 Bhutan 0.97 per 10,000 people 2022
87 Namibia 0.78 per 10,000 people 2022
88 Bangladesh 0.75 per 10,000 people 2022
89 Montenegro 0.60 per 10,000 people 2022
90 Botswana 0.41 per 10,000 people 2022
91 Comoros 0.38 per 10,000 people 2022
92 Nicaragua 0.36 per 10,000 people 2022
93 Mauritania 0.31 per 10,000 people 2022
94 Eswatini 0.28 per 10,000 people 2022
95 Ethiopia 0.28 per 10,000 people 2022
96 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.27 per 10,000 people 2022
97 Kenya 0.25 per 10,000 people 2022
98 Nigeria 0.23 per 10,000 people 2022
99 Eritrea 0.20 per 10,000 people 2022
100 Rwanda 0.20 per 10,000 people 2022
101 Yemen 0.19 per 10,000 people 2022
102 Gabon 0.18 per 10,000 people 2022
103 Zambia 0.15 per 10,000 people 2022
104 Côte d'Ivoire 0.14 per 10,000 people 2022
105 Senegal 0.13 per 10,000 people 2022
106 Zimbabwe 0.13 per 10,000 people 2022
107 Cameroon 0.12 per 10,000 people 2022
108 Tanzania 0.12 per 10,000 people 2022
109 Mozambique 0.11 per 10,000 people 2022
110 Uganda 0.11 per 10,000 people 2022
111 Madagascar 0.08 per 10,000 people 2022
112 Angola 0.07 per 10,000 people 2022
113 Benin 0.05 per 10,000 people 2022
114 Burkina Faso 0.05 per 10,000 people 2022
115 Malawi 0.05 per 10,000 people 2022
116 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.04 per 10,000 people 2022
117 Gambia 0.03 per 10,000 people 2022
118 Guinea 0.03 per 10,000 people 2022
119 South Sudan 0.03 per 10,000 people 2022
120 Liberia 0.02 per 10,000 people 2022
121 Republic of the Congo 0.02 per 10,000 people 2022
122 Sierra Leone 0.02 per 10,000 people 2022
123 Togo 0.02 per 10,000 people 2022
124 Burundi 0.01 per 10,000 people 2022
125 Central African Republic 0.01 per 10,000 people 2022
126 Chad 0.01 per 10,000 people 2022
127 Guinea-Bissau 0.01 per 10,000 people 2022
128 Mali 0.01 per 10,000 people 2022
129 Niger 0.01 per 10,000 people 2022

Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.

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How this ranking works

Every country is ranked on its value for 2022, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2022 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by WHO; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.

Earlier years: use the year selector above. Methodology · Coverage and freshness

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