health2023

Health worker density, by type of occupation (per 10,000 population) - Dentists

Name: Health worker density, by type of occupation (per 10,000 population) - Dentists
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: health, per 10,000 population, worker, density, type, occupation, per, 000, population, dentists

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•192 countries

Loading visualization...

Key Insights

Global Average

3.7per 10,000 population

Median: 2.2per 10,000 population

Countries Covered

192

with available data

Highest

Cuba

18.4per 10,000 population

Lowest

Somalia

0.0per 10,000 population

Top 5 Countries

1Cuba18.4per 10,000 population

2Lithuania16.8per 10,000 population

3Chile16.8per 10,000 population

4Paraguay13.4per 10,000 population

5Greece13.4per 10,000 population

By Region

Europe8.3per 10,000 population(32 countries)

South America7.3per 10,000 population(7 countries)

Oceania5.8per 10,000 population(2 countries)

Asia4.6per 10,000 population(24 countries)

North America4.1per 10,000 population(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0per 10,000 population)High (18.4per 10,000 population)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 3.7per 10,000 population)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

Oceania (2)

Asia (24)

North America (4)

Other (114)

Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Cuba	18.4per 10,000 population
2	Lithuania	16.8per 10,000 population
3	Chile	16.8per 10,000 population
4	Paraguay	13.4per 10,000 population
5	Greece	13.4per 10,000 population
6	Lebanon	12.5per 10,000 population
7	Andorra	12.1per 10,000 population
8	Portugal	12.1per 10,000 population
9	Belgium	11.9per 10,000 population
10	Romania	11.4per 10,000 population
11	Bulgaria	11.2per 10,000 population
12	Niue	11.1per 10,000 population
13	Costa Rica	10.9per 10,000 population
14	Argentina	10.9per 10,000 population
15	Poland	10.7per 10,000 population
16	Syrian Arab Republic	10.2per 10,000 population
17	Estonia	10.2per 10,000 population
18	Luxembourg	9.7per 10,000 population
19	Finland	9.7per 10,000 population
20	Croatia	9.5per 10,000 population
21	The Republic of North Macedonia	9.2per 10,000 population
22	Monaco	9.2per 10,000 population
23	Israel	9.0per 10,000 population
24	United Arab Emirates	8.9per 10,000 population
25	Italy	8.8per 10,000 population
26	Norway	8.8per 10,000 population
27	Colombia	8.7per 10,000 population
28	Germany	8.5per 10,000 population
29	Cyprus	8.2per 10,000 population
30	Japan	8.2per 10,000 population
31	Kuwait	8.1per 10,000 population
32	Jordan	7.9per 10,000 population
33	Iceland	7.8per 10,000 population
34	Saudi Arabia	7.8per 10,000 population
35	Georgia	7.7per 10,000 population
36	Sweden	7.7per 10,000 population
37	Brazil	7.5per 10,000 population
38	Hungary	7.4per 10,000 population
39	Slovenia	7.4per 10,000 population
40	San Marino	7.4per 10,000 population
41	Czech Republic	7.4per 10,000 population
42	Qatar	7.4per 10,000 population
43	Denmark	7.2per 10,000 population
44	Honduras	7.1per 10,000 population
45	Latvia	7.1per 10,000 population
46	France	6.9per 10,000 population
47	Canada	6.5per 10,000 population
48	Australia	6.4per 10,000 population
49	Austria	6.2per 10,000 population
50	Belarus	6.1per 10,000 population
51	Spain	6.0per 10,000 population
52	United States of America	6.0per 10,000 population
53	Ukraine	5.9per 10,000 population
54	Libya	5.8per 10,000 population
55	Netherlands	5.7per 10,000 population
56	Slovakia	5.4per 10,000 population
57	South Korea	5.4per 10,000 population
58	Mongolia	5.4per 10,000 population
59	Islamic Republic of Iran	5.3per 10,000 population
60	Malta	5.1per 10,000 population
61	New Zealand	5.1per 10,000 population
62	Iraq	5.0per 10,000 population
63	Moldova, Republic of	5.0per 10,000 population
64	United Kingdom	4.9per 10,000 population
65	Türkiye	4.9per 10,000 population
66	Ireland	4.8per 10,000 population
67	Singapore	4.6per 10,000 population
68	People's Republic of China	4.5per 10,000 population
69	Malaysia	4.1per 10,000 population
70	Switzerland	4.1per 10,000 population
71	Palau	4.0per 10,000 population
72	Cook Islands	3.7per 10,000 population
73	Tunisia	3.7per 10,000 population
74	Oman	3.6per 10,000 population
75	Armenia	3.6per 10,000 population
76	Algeria	3.6per 10,000 population
77	Seychelles	3.5per 10,000 population
78	Nauru	3.5per 10,000 population
79	Azerbaijan	3.4per 10,000 population
80	Mauritius	3.2per 10,000 population
81	Barbados	3.1per 10,000 population
82	Ecuador	3.0per 10,000 population
83	Trinidad and Tobago	3.0per 10,000 population
84	Panama	2.8per 10,000 population
85	Russian Federation	2.8per 10,000 population
86	Dominican Republic	2.7per 10,000 population
87	Guatemala	2.7per 10,000 population
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.6per 10,000 population
89	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.6per 10,000 population
90	Bahamas	2.5per 10,000 population
91	Philippines	2.5per 10,000 population
92	Sudan	2.5per 10,000 population
93	Uruguay	2.5per 10,000 population
94	Serbia	2.5per 10,000 population
95	Brunei Darussalam	2.4per 10,000 population
96	Bolivia	2.3per 10,000 population
97	North Korea	2.2per 10,000 population
98	Peru	2.2per 10,000 population
99	Kazakhstan	2.1per 10,000 population
100	Grenada	1.9per 10,000 population
101	Egypt	1.9per 10,000 population
102	Saint Lucia	1.8per 10,000 population
103	Belize	1.7per 10,000 population
104	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.7per 10,000 population
105	Nepal	1.6per 10,000 population
106	India	1.6per 10,000 population
107	Marshall Islands	1.6per 10,000 population
108	El Salvador	1.6per 10,000 population
109	Kyrgyzstan	1.6per 10,000 population
110	Tajikistan	1.5per 10,000 population
111	Tonga	1.4per 10,000 population
112	Morocco	1.4per 10,000 population
113	Venezuela	1.4per 10,000 population
114	Micronesia, Federated States of	1.3per 10,000 population
115	Turkmenistan	1.2per 10,000 population
116	Mexico	1.2per 10,000 population
117	Dominica	1.2per 10,000 population
118	Fiji	1.2per 10,000 population
119	Pakistan	1.2per 10,000 population
120	Thailand	1.1per 10,000 population
121	Uzbekistan	1.1per 10,000 population
122	Indonesia	1.0per 10,000 population
123	Maldives	1.0per 10,000 population
124	Bhutan	1.0per 10,000 population
125	Sri Lanka	1.0per 10,000 population
126	Tuvalu	1.0per 10,000 population
127	Jamaica	0.9per 10,000 population
128	Samoa	0.9per 10,000 population
129	Bahrain	0.8per 10,000 population
130	Namibia	0.8per 10,000 population
131	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.8per 10,000 population
132	Bangladesh	0.8per 10,000 population
133	Myanmar	0.7per 10,000 population
134	Suriname	0.7per 10,000 population
135	Kiribati	0.7per 10,000 population
136	Guyana	0.7per 10,000 population
137	Montenegro	0.6per 10,000 population
138	Solomon Islands	0.5per 10,000 population
139	Antigua and Barbuda	0.5per 10,000 population
140	Nicaragua	0.4per 10,000 population
141	Comoros	0.4per 10,000 population
142	Lesotho	0.4per 10,000 population
143	Botswana	0.4per 10,000 population
144	Cambodia	0.3per 10,000 population
145	Mauritania	0.3per 10,000 population
146	Vanuatu	0.3per 10,000 population
147	Zimbabwe	0.3per 10,000 population
148	Ethiopia	0.3per 10,000 population
149	Eswatini	0.3per 10,000 population
150	Sao Tome and Principe	0.3per 10,000 population
151	Kenya	0.3per 10,000 population
152	Nigeria	0.2per 10,000 population
153	Haiti	0.2per 10,000 population
154	Eritrea	0.2per 10,000 population
155	Rwanda	0.2per 10,000 population
156	Djibouti	0.2per 10,000 population
157	South Africa	0.2per 10,000 population
158	Yemen	0.2per 10,000 population
159	Gabon	0.2per 10,000 population
160	Cape Verde	0.2per 10,000 population
161	Cote d'Ivoire	0.1per 10,000 population
162	Zambia	0.1per 10,000 population
163	Cameroon	0.1per 10,000 population
164	United Republic of Tanzania	0.1per 10,000 population
165	Mozambique	0.1per 10,000 population
166	Senegal	0.1per 10,000 population
167	Uganda	0.1per 10,000 population
168	Guinea-Bissau	0.1per 10,000 population
169	Madagascar	0.1per 10,000 population
170	Ghana	0.1per 10,000 population
171	Angola	0.1per 10,000 population
172	Equatorial Guinea	0.1per 10,000 population
173	Burkina Faso	0.1per 10,000 population
174	Afghanistan	0.1per 10,000 population
175	Benin	0.1per 10,000 population
176	Malawi	0.1per 10,000 population
177	Papua New Guinea	0.1per 10,000 population
178	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0per 10,000 population
179	Republic of The Gambia	0.0per 10,000 population
180	Guinea	0.0per 10,000 population
181	South Sudan	0.0per 10,000 population
182	Republic of the Congo	0.0per 10,000 population
183	Liberia	0.0per 10,000 population
184	Timor-Leste	0.0per 10,000 population
185	Sierra Leone	0.0per 10,000 population
186	Togo	0.0per 10,000 population
187	Burundi	0.0per 10,000 population
188	Central African Republic	0.0per 10,000 population
189	Chad	0.0per 10,000 population
190	Mali	0.0per 10,000 population
191	Niger	0.0per 10,000 population
192	Somalia	0.0per 10,000 population

Showing 192 of 192 countries

Topics

#health #per 10,000 population #worker #density #type #occupation #per #000 #population #dentists

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

View Original Source