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Prevalence of severe periodontal disease in people 15+ year (%)
Compare prevalence of severe periodontal disease in people 15+ year (%) across 194 countries or territories using one fixed 2019 WHO reference slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
18.3%
Median: 19.1%
Countries Covered
194
with available data
Highest
Denmark
33.5%
Lowest
Solomon Islands
2.3%
Top 5 Countries
1Denmark33.5%
2Republic of The Gambia32.1%
3Cape Verde32.0%
4Ghana29.3%
5Sao Tome and Principe29.1%
By Region
Africa21.4%(9 countries)
South America20.8%(7 countries)
North America20.7%(4 countries)
Europe18.5%(32 countries)
Other18.3%(115 countries)
Key Findings
- •194 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite % observation in the fixed 2019 slice.
- •Denmark has the highest published value (33.48 %).
- •Solomon Islands has the lowest published value (2.26384 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (2.3%)High (33.5%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 18.3%)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Other (115)
Oceania (2)
Asia (25)
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
Prevalence of severe periodontal disease in people 15+ year (%)
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2019 WHO slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
Prevalence of severe periodontal disease in people 15+ year (%)
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 33.5% |
| 2 | Republic of The Gambia | 32.1% |
| 3 | Cape Verde | 32.0% |
| 4 | Ghana | 29.3% |
| 5 | Sao Tome and Principe | 29.1% |
| 6 | Cote d'Ivoire | 28.5% |
| 7 | Mauritania | 28.0% |
| 8 | Togo | 28.0% |
| 9 | Cameroon | 27.9% |
| 10 | Senegal | 27.5% |
| 11 | Germany | 27.4% |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 27.4% |
| 13 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.1% |
| 14 | Benin | 27.1% |
| 15 | Gabon | 27.0% |
| 16 | Guinea | 27.0% |
| 17 | Liberia | 26.9% |
| 18 | Barbados | 26.8% |
| 19 | Mali | 26.5% |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 26.5% |
| 21 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26.4% |
| 22 | Botswana | 26.3% |
| 23 | Antigua and Barbuda | 26.2% |
| 24 | Chad | 26.0% |
| 25 | Cuba | 26.0% |
| 26 | Bahamas | 25.9% |
| 27 | Republic of the Congo | 25.6% |
| 28 | Nigeria | 25.1% |
| 29 | Saint Lucia | 25.1% |
| 30 | Uruguay | 25.0% |
| 31 | Niger | 25.0% |
| 32 | Norway | 25.0% |
| 33 | South Africa | 24.8% |
| 34 | Belgium | 24.8% |
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.7% |
| 36 | Colombia | 24.7% |
| 37 | Canada | 24.7% |
| 38 | Panama | 24.7% |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 24.6% |
| 40 | Suriname | 24.6% |
| 41 | Venezuela | 24.5% |
| 42 | Dominica | 24.4% |
| 43 | Djibouti | 24.3% |
| 44 | Grenada | 24.3% |
| 45 | Pakistan | 24.1% |
| 46 | Equatorial Guinea | 23.9% |
| 47 | Angola | 23.9% |
| 48 | Finland | 23.8% |
| 49 | Eswatini | 23.7% |
| 50 | Namibia | 23.6% |
| 51 | Bhutan | 23.5% |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 23.4% |
| 53 | Monaco | 23.2% |
| 54 | South Sudan | 22.9% |
| 55 | Comoros | 22.8% |
| 56 | Mexico | 22.7% |
| 57 | Jamaica | 22.7% |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 22.6% |
| 59 | Lesotho | 22.5% |
| 60 | Slovenia | 22.3% |
| 61 | Poland | 22.2% |
| 62 | El Salvador | 21.8% |
| 63 | India | 21.8% |
| 64 | Guyana | 21.6% |
| 65 | New Zealand | 21.6% |
| 66 | Chile | 21.6% |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 21.5% |
| 68 | Lithuania | 21.3% |
| 69 | United Republic of Tanzania | 21.3% |
| 70 | Croatia | 21.3% |
| 71 | Latvia | 21.3% |
| 72 | Rwanda | 21.2% |
| 73 | United Arab Emirates | 21.1% |
| 74 | Belize | 21.0% |
| 75 | Zambia | 20.9% |
| 76 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 20.8% |
| 77 | Central African Republic | 20.7% |
| 78 | Nicaragua | 20.7% |
| 79 | Kenya | 20.6% |
| 80 | Japan | 20.6% |
| 81 | Estonia | 20.6% |
| 82 | Madagascar | 20.5% |
| 83 | Sweden | 20.5% |
| 84 | Bahrain | 20.4% |
| 85 | Eritrea | 20.3% |
| 86 | Andorra | 20.2% |
| 87 | Switzerland | 20.1% |
| 88 | Morocco | 19.7% |
| 89 | Indonesia | 19.6% |
| 90 | Guatemala | 19.6% |
| 91 | Russian Federation | 19.4% |
| 92 | Honduras | 19.4% |
| 93 | Mozambique | 19.3% |
| 94 | Burundi | 19.2% |
| 95 | Peru | 19.2% |
| 96 | Uganda | 19.2% |
| 97 | Ecuador | 19.2% |
| 98 | Thailand | 19.1% |
| 99 | Kuwait | 19.1% |
| 100 | Belarus | 19.0% |
| 101 | Malta | 19.0% |
| 102 | San Marino | 19.0% |
| 103 | Türkiye | 18.9% |
| 104 | Ukraine | 18.9% |
| 105 | Malawi | 18.8% |
| 106 | Ethiopia | 18.7% |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 18.6% |
| 108 | Portugal | 18.4% |
| 109 | Haiti | 18.2% |
| 110 | South Korea | 18.2% |
| 111 | Italy | 18.2% |
| 112 | Qatar | 18.2% |
| 113 | Czech Republic | 18.1% |
| 114 | Argentina | 18.0% |
| 115 | Austria | 18.0% |
| 116 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 18.0% |
| 117 | Singapore | 17.9% |
| 118 | Bolivia | 17.7% |
| 119 | Iceland | 17.7% |
| 120 | Brazil | 17.5% |
| 121 | People's Republic of China | 17.5% |
| 122 | Romania | 17.5% |
| 123 | Netherlands | 17.3% |
| 124 | Georgia | 17.3% |
| 125 | Tunisia | 17.3% |
| 126 | Moldova, Republic of | 17.2% |
| 127 | Slovakia | 17.2% |
| 128 | Cyprus | 16.9% |
| 129 | Lebanon | 16.7% |
| 130 | France | 16.2% |
| 131 | Somalia | 16.2% |
| 132 | Algeria | 15.9% |
| 133 | Armenia | 15.8% |
| 134 | Greece | 15.8% |
| 135 | United States of America | 15.7% |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.7% |
| 137 | Montenegro | 15.7% |
| 138 | Serbia | 15.7% |
| 139 | Oman | 15.6% |
| 140 | Israel | 15.5% |
| 141 | Azerbaijan | 15.4% |
| 142 | Libya | 15.3% |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | 15.3% |
| 144 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 15.2% |
| 145 | Paraguay | 15.1% |
| 146 | Albania | 14.9% |
| 147 | Nepal | 14.8% |
| 148 | Turkmenistan | 14.6% |
| 149 | Australia | 14.5% |
| 150 | Egypt | 14.2% |
| 151 | Syrian Arab Republic | 14.2% |
| 152 | Mongolia | 14.2% |
| 153 | Bulgaria | 13.9% |
| 154 | Jordan | 13.8% |
| 155 | Brunei Darussalam | 13.4% |
| 156 | Iraq | 13.3% |
| 157 | Uzbekistan | 12.7% |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 12.3% |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.7% |
| 160 | Seychelles | 11.7% |
| 161 | Mauritius | 11.4% |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 11.2% |
| 163 | Sudan | 10.9% |
| 164 | Tajikistan | 10.8% |
| 165 | Saudi Arabia | 10.8% |
| 166 | United Kingdom | 10.6% |
| 167 | Yemen | 10.3% |
| 168 | North Korea | 9.8% |
| 169 | Vietnam | 9.4% |
| 170 | Afghanistan | 9.4% |
| 171 | Malaysia | 9.2% |
| 172 | Myanmar | 8.9% |
| 173 | Hungary | 8.6% |
| 174 | Maldives | 8.1% |
| 175 | Timor-Leste | 7.0% |
| 176 | Spain | 6.7% |
| 177 | Cambodia | 6.0% |
| 178 | Cook Islands | 5.1% |
| 179 | Ireland | 4.9% |
| 180 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.8% |
| 181 | Palau | 4.6% |
| 182 | Niue | 4.4% |
| 183 | Fiji | 3.4% |
| 184 | Philippines | 3.2% |
| 185 | Tonga | 3.1% |
| 186 | Samoa | 3.0% |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 3.0% |
| 188 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.8% |
| 189 | Marshall Islands | 2.7% |
| 190 | Nauru | 2.6% |
| 191 | Vanuatu | 2.5% |
| 192 | Papua New Guinea | 2.4% |
| 193 | Kiribati | 2.4% |
| 194 | Solomon Islands | 2.3% |
Showing 194 of 194 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Health Organization (2019).
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