Dentists (per 10,000) by country
Countries reporting
178
Highest
16.77
Chile
Lowest
0
Burundi
Median
2.76
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
3,292
What the numbers show
Dentists (per 10,000) is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 16.77 in Chile; the lowest is 0 in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.76, and the mean is 4.
Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Cape Verde (up 3,783.3%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 93.1%).
Dentists: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 16.77 | 2023 | up 106.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Cuba | 15.97 | 2022 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 3 | Greece | 13.59 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 4 | Paraguay | 13.41 | 2022 | up 649.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Andorra | 12.7 | 2024 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 6 | Lebanon | 12.5 | 2020 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 7 | Portugal | 12.25 | 2023 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Lithuania | 11.65 | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 9 | Israel | 11.61 | 2024 | up 45.5% | falling |
| 10 | Romania | 11.3 | 2023 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 11.29 | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 12 | Syria | 11.16 | 2022 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 13 | Niue | 11.11 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 10.89 | 2022 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 15 | Argentina | 10.84 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Estonia | 10.29 | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 17 | Albania | 10.27 | 2018 | up 202.9% | rising |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 9.74 | 2017 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 19 | Croatia | 9.56 | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 20 | Poland | 9.51 | 2023 | up 195.3% | rising |
| 21 | Cyprus | 9.41 | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 9.24 | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 23 | Monaco | 9.19 | 2020 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 8.85 | 2023 | up 118.0% | rising |
| 25 | Norway | 8.79 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 8.7 | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 27 | Germany | 8.44 | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 28 | Kuwait | 8.34 | 2022 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 29 | Jordan | 8.28 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 30 | Italy | 8.16 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 30 | Japan | 8.16 | 2022 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 32 | Georgia | 8.08 | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 33 | Iceland | 8.01 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 34 | Brazil | 7.85 | 2024 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 7.81 | 2023 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 36 | Sweden | 7.79 | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 37 | Denmark | 7.73 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 38 | Slovenia | 7.66 | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 39 | Hungary | 7.56 | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 40 | Czechia | 7.52 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 41 | Belgium | 7.24 | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 42 | Qatar | 7.23 | 2024 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 43 | Latvia | 7.18 | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 44 | France | 7.01 | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 45 | Finland | 6.95 | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 46 | San Marino | 6.85 | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 47 | Iraq | 6.8 | 2023 | up 214.8% | rising |
| 48 | Cook Islands | 6.57 | 2024 | down 47.7% | flat |
| 49 | Canada | 6.53 | 2020 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 50 | Australia | 6.52 | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 51 | Spain | 6.48 | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 52 | Austria | 6.35 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 53 | Mongolia | 6.31 | 2024 | up 121.4% | rising |
| 54 | Belarus | 6.16 | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 55 | United States | 5.89 | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 56 | Ukraine | 5.86 | 2014 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 57 | Libya | 5.8 | 2020 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Netherlands | 5.6 | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 59 | South Korea | 5.49 | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 60 | Slovakia | 5.37 | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 61 | Malta | 5.29 | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 62 | Iran | 5.26 | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 63 | Turkey | 5.24 | 2023 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 64 | New Zealand | 5.17 | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 5.08 | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 66 | Moldova | 4.98 | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 67 | Ireland | 4.87 | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 67 | Malaysia | 4.87 | 2024 | up 153.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Singapore | 4.45 | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 70 | Switzerland | 4.06 | 2019 | down 22.1% | flat |
| 71 | Palau | 3.96 | 2023 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Tunisia | 3.68 | 2021 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 73 | Armenia | 3.59 | 2022 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 74 | Algeria | 3.57 | 2022 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 75 | Nauru | 3.45 | 2019 | up 245.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 3.38 | 2022 | up 28.5% | flat |
| 77 | Oman | 3.27 | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 78 | Mauritius | 3.24 | 2022 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 79 | Barbados | 3.12 | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 80 | Egypt | 3.09 | 2021 | up 106.0% | rising |
| 81 | Seychelles | 3.07 | 2024 | up 117.7% | rising |
| 82 | North Korea | 3 | 2024 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.99 | 2019 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 84 | Ecuador | 2.97 | 2020 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 85 | Brunei | 2.87 | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 86 | Philippines | 2.86 | 2024 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 2.83 | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 88 | Panama | 2.8 | 2022 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 89 | Russia | 2.79 | 2020 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 90 | Guatemala | 2.73 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 91 | Uruguay | 2.6 | 2023 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.58 | 2019 | up 47.4% | flat |
| 93 | Serbia | 2.56 | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.55 | 2018 | — | rising |
| 95 | Sudan | 2.5 | 2020 | up 987.0% | volatile |
| 96 | India | 2.43 | 2024 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Cape Verde | 2.33 | 2019 | up 3,783.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Bolivia | 2.29 | 2021 | up 110.1% | rising |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.27 | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 100 | Kazakhstan | 2.25 | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 101 | Peru | 2.15 | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 102 | Tuvalu | 2.08 | 2024 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 103 | Grenada | 1.9 | 2018 | up 134.6% | rising |
| 104 | Nepal | 1.8 | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 1.76 | 2017 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 106 | Belize | 1.71 | 2022 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 107 | Pakistan | 1.61 | 2024 | up 126.8% | volatile |
| 108 | El Salvador | 1.57 | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 1.5 | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.49 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 111 | Marshall Islands | 1.45 | 2021 | up 88.3% | rising |
| 112 | Tonga | 1.42 | 2020 | up 52.7% | falling |
| 113 | Mexico | 1.39 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 1.3 | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 115 | Indonesia | 1.23 | 2024 | up 151.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Turkmenistan | 1.23 | 2024 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 117 | Namibia | 1.14 | 2024 | up 293.1% | rising |
| 118 | Thailand | 1.13 | 2022 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 119 | South Africa | 1.07 | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 120 | Maldives | 1.02 | 2020 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 121 | Bhutan | 0.97 | 2022 | up 870.0% | rising |
| 121 | Jamaica | 0.97 | 2024 | up 646.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | 0.96 | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 124 | Samoa | 0.9 | 2020 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Fiji | 0.83 | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Laos | 0.82 | 2024 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 127 | Bahrain | 0.8 | 2020 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 128 | Bangladesh | 0.76 | 2023 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 129 | Myanmar | 0.72 | 2019 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 130 | Guyana | 0.68 | 2020 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 131 | Kiribati | 0.53 | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 132 | Montenegro | 0.49 | 2024 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Solomon Islands | 0.45 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 134 | Comoros | 0.38 | 2022 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 135 | Nicaragua | 0.36 | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 136 | Botswana | 0.35 | 2024 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 137 | Cambodia | 0.31 | 2018 | up 72.2% | rising |
| 137 | Mauritania | 0.31 | 2022 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 0.3 | 2023 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Ethiopia | 0.28 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Nigeria | 0.25 | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 142 | Haiti | 0.22 | 2018 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Ghana | 0.2 | 2024 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Yemen | 0.19 | 2022 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 145 | Gabon | 0.18 | 2022 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 146 | Eswatini | 0.17 | 2024 | down 58.5% | rising |
| 147 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.15 | 2024 | down 25.0% | flat |
| 148 | Morocco | 0.13 | 2024 | down 90.4% | rising |
| 148 | Mozambique | 0.13 | 2024 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Cameroon | 0.12 | 2022 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Senegal | 0.11 | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 151 | Uganda | 0.11 | 2024 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 151 | Zambia | 0.11 | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 154 | Angola | 0.1 | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Rwanda | 0.09 | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 156 | Madagascar | 0.07 | 2024 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 156 | Malawi | 0.07 | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 158 | Afghanistan | 0.06 | 2020 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Burkina Faso | 0.06 | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 158 | Mali | 0.06 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 0.06 | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Tanzania | 0.06 | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Benin | 0.05 | 2024 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Kenya | 0.05 | 2024 | down 79.2% | falling |
| 163 | South Sudan | 0.05 | 2024 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 166 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.04 | 2022 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 167 | Gambia | 0.03 | 2022 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 168 | Congo | 0.02 | 2022 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Guinea | 0.02 | 2024 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 168 | Liberia | 0.02 | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | 0.02 | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Togo | 0.02 | 2022 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 168 | East Timor | 0.02 | 2020 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 0.01 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.01 | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Niger | 0.01 | 2022 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 174 | Chad | 0.01 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 178 | Burundi | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |