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Prevalence of untreated caries of deciduous teeth in children 1-9 years (%)
Compare prevalence of untreated caries of deciduous teeth in children 1-9 years (%) across 194 countries or territories using one fixed 2019 WHO reference slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
41.8%
Median: 43.8%
Countries Covered
194
with available data
Highest
Saudi Arabia
53.2%
Lowest
New Zealand
18.7%
Top 5 Countries
1Saudi Arabia53.2%
2Bosnia and Herzegovina52.7%
3Nepal51.2%
4United Arab Emirates50.8%
5Serbia49.1%
By Region
Asia45.0%(25 countries)
South America42.8%(7 countries)
Other42.5%(115 countries)
North America41.6%(4 countries)
Africa41.4%(9 countries)
Key Findings
- •194 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite % observation in the fixed 2019 slice.
- •Saudi Arabia has the highest published value (53.2146 %).
- •New Zealand has the lowest published value (18.7469 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (18.7%)High (53.2%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 41.8%)
Asia (25)
South America (7)
Other (115)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
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 untreated caries of deciduous teeth in children 1-9 years (%)
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 untreated caries of deciduous teeth in children 1-9 years (%)
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 53.2% |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.7% |
| 3 | Nepal | 51.2% |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 50.8% |
| 5 | Serbia | 49.1% |
| 6 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 48.6% |
| 7 | Albania | 48.6% |
| 8 | Montenegro | 48.5% |
| 9 | Moldova, Republic of | 48.3% |
| 10 | Tajikistan | 48.3% |
| 11 | Romania | 48.2% |
| 12 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.1% |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 48.1% |
| 14 | Belarus | 48.1% |
| 15 | Lithuania | 48.0% |
| 16 | Slovakia | 48.0% |
| 17 | Croatia | 47.9% |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 47.9% |
| 19 | Czech Republic | 47.9% |
| 20 | Solomon Islands | 47.8% |
| 21 | Hungary | 47.8% |
| 22 | Kiribati | 47.7% |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 47.7% |
| 24 | Papua New Guinea | 47.6% |
| 25 | Georgia | 47.6% |
| 26 | Latvia | 47.5% |
| 27 | Armenia | 47.5% |
| 28 | Slovenia | 47.5% |
| 29 | Estonia | 47.4% |
| 30 | Mongolia | 47.3% |
| 31 | Turkmenistan | 47.3% |
| 32 | Niger | 47.2% |
| 33 | People's Republic of China | 47.2% |
| 34 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 47.0% |
| 35 | Indonesia | 46.9% |
| 36 | Tonga | 46.9% |
| 37 | Vanuatu | 46.9% |
| 38 | Tuvalu | 46.9% |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 46.9% |
| 40 | Russian Federation | 46.9% |
| 41 | Marshall Islands | 46.8% |
| 42 | Azerbaijan | 46.8% |
| 43 | North Korea | 46.8% |
| 44 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 46.7% |
| 45 | Fiji | 46.7% |
| 46 | Chile | 46.6% |
| 47 | Samoa | 46.6% |
| 48 | Vietnam | 46.5% |
| 49 | Ukraine | 46.5% |
| 50 | Niue | 46.5% |
| 51 | Haiti | 46.5% |
| 52 | Nauru | 46.4% |
| 53 | Brazil | 46.4% |
| 54 | Palau | 46.3% |
| 55 | Qatar | 46.0% |
| 56 | Poland | 46.0% |
| 57 | South Korea | 45.9% |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 45.8% |
| 59 | Pakistan | 45.7% |
| 60 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 45.6% |
| 61 | Guyana | 45.6% |
| 62 | Cambodia | 45.5% |
| 63 | Oman | 45.5% |
| 64 | Bolivia | 45.3% |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 45.3% |
| 66 | Cuba | 45.2% |
| 67 | Cook Islands | 45.1% |
| 68 | Belize | 45.1% |
| 69 | Jamaica | 45.0% |
| 70 | Yemen | 45.0% |
| 71 | Ecuador | 45.0% |
| 72 | Philippines | 45.0% |
| 73 | Kenya | 44.9% |
| 74 | Grenada | 44.8% |
| 75 | Timor-Leste | 44.8% |
| 76 | Thailand | 44.7% |
| 77 | Saint Lucia | 44.7% |
| 78 | Madagascar | 44.7% |
| 79 | Dominica | 44.7% |
| 80 | Peru | 44.6% |
| 81 | Suriname | 44.6% |
| 82 | Barbados | 44.6% |
| 83 | Antigua and Barbuda | 44.5% |
| 84 | Morocco | 44.4% |
| 85 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 44.2% |
| 86 | Malaysia | 44.1% |
| 87 | Tunisia | 44.1% |
| 88 | Egypt | 44.1% |
| 89 | Libya | 44.1% |
| 90 | Maldives | 44.0% |
| 91 | Brunei Darussalam | 44.0% |
| 92 | Mexico | 44.0% |
| 93 | Bahamas | 43.9% |
| 94 | Iraq | 43.9% |
| 95 | Algeria | 43.8% |
| 96 | Lebanon | 43.8% |
| 97 | Türkiye | 43.8% |
| 98 | Eswatini | 43.7% |
| 99 | Seychelles | 43.5% |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 43.5% |
| 101 | Kuwait | 43.5% |
| 102 | Mauritius | 43.4% |
| 103 | India | 43.3% |
| 104 | Sri Lanka | 43.0% |
| 105 | Somalia | 43.0% |
| 106 | Bhutan | 43.0% |
| 107 | Uruguay | 42.9% |
| 108 | Jordan | 42.8% |
| 109 | Bahrain | 42.8% |
| 110 | Paraguay | 42.7% |
| 111 | United States of America | 42.6% |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 42.3% |
| 113 | Sudan | 42.1% |
| 114 | Singapore | 41.7% |
| 115 | Honduras | 41.7% |
| 116 | Burundi | 41.6% |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 41.5% |
| 118 | South Africa | 41.0% |
| 119 | Venezuela | 41.0% |
| 120 | El Salvador | 41.0% |
| 121 | Argentina | 41.0% |
| 122 | Guatemala | 40.9% |
| 123 | Mozambique | 40.7% |
| 124 | Malawi | 40.6% |
| 125 | Costa Rica | 40.6% |
| 126 | Eritrea | 40.4% |
| 127 | Liberia | 40.4% |
| 128 | Panama | 40.4% |
| 129 | Burkina Faso | 40.3% |
| 130 | Comoros | 40.3% |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 40.1% |
| 132 | Mali | 40.1% |
| 133 | Central African Republic | 40.0% |
| 134 | Guinea | 40.0% |
| 135 | Rwanda | 40.0% |
| 136 | Republic of The Gambia | 39.9% |
| 137 | Togo | 39.9% |
| 138 | Djibouti | 39.7% |
| 139 | Benin | 39.6% |
| 140 | Zambia | 39.5% |
| 141 | Japan | 39.5% |
| 142 | Chad | 39.5% |
| 143 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 39.5% |
| 144 | Syrian Arab Republic | 39.3% |
| 145 | Cameroon | 39.2% |
| 146 | Lesotho | 39.1% |
| 147 | Mauritania | 39.0% |
| 148 | Cote d'Ivoire | 39.0% |
| 149 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39.0% |
| 150 | Australia | 38.9% |
| 151 | Ghana | 38.9% |
| 152 | Canada | 38.9% |
| 153 | Israel | 38.7% |
| 154 | South Sudan | 38.6% |
| 155 | Sweden | 38.6% |
| 156 | Uganda | 38.3% |
| 157 | Cape Verde | 38.1% |
| 158 | Senegal | 37.9% |
| 159 | Namibia | 37.8% |
| 160 | Angola | 37.8% |
| 161 | Botswana | 37.6% |
| 162 | Republic of the Congo | 37.6% |
| 163 | Sierra Leone | 37.4% |
| 164 | Gabon | 36.6% |
| 165 | Myanmar | 36.2% |
| 166 | Italy | 36.1% |
| 167 | Norway | 36.1% |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 35.9% |
| 169 | Nigeria | 35.5% |
| 170 | Greece | 34.2% |
| 171 | Finland | 34.2% |
| 172 | Zimbabwe | 33.5% |
| 173 | Spain | 33.2% |
| 174 | Colombia | 33.1% |
| 175 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.3% |
| 176 | Netherlands | 31.6% |
| 177 | Belgium | 30.2% |
| 178 | Portugal | 29.8% |
| 179 | Andorra | 29.3% |
| 180 | Cyprus | 29.3% |
| 181 | Luxembourg | 29.2% |
| 182 | Iceland | 29.2% |
| 183 | France | 29.2% |
| 184 | San Marino | 29.1% |
| 185 | Malta | 29.1% |
| 186 | Austria | 29.1% |
| 187 | Germany | 29.1% |
| 188 | Monaco | 27.9% |
| 189 | Switzerland | 26.4% |
| 190 | Ireland | 25.4% |
| 191 | United Republic of Tanzania | 22.5% |
| 192 | Denmark | 20.3% |
| 193 | United Kingdom | 19.5% |
| 194 | New Zealand | 18.7% |
Showing 194 of 194 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Health Organization (2019).
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