Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Japan

Dentists per 10,000 people in Japan in 2022 — 8.16 per 10k. Ranked 24 in the world out of 129. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 39.7%.

2022 8.16 per 10k −1.09% vs 2020
World rank 24of 129
Period maximum 8.25 per 10k2020
Period minimum 5.84 per 10k1990

Trend over time

1990–2022 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Japan, 1990–2022567891990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 5.84 per 10k1992: 6.08 per 10k1994: 6.31 per 10k1996: 6.62 per 10k1998: 6.77 per 10k2000: 6.96 per 10k2002: 7.1 per 10k2004: 7.25 per 10k2006: 7.39 per 10k2008: 7.55 per 10k2010: 7.7 per 10k2012: 7.79 per 10k2014: 7.92 per 10k2016: 7.99 per 10k2018: 8.02 per 10k2020: 8.25 per 10k2022: 8.16 per 10k
Change over the period: +2.32 (+39.73%) Average annual rate: 1.05 %
Dentists per 10,000 people — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2022 8.16 — —
2020 8.25 — —
2018 8.02 — —
2016 7.99 — —
2014 7.92 — —
2012 7.79 — —
2010 7.7 — —
2008 7.55 — —
2006 7.39 — —
2004 7.25 — —
2002 7.1 — —
2000 6.96 — —
1998 6.77 — —
1996 6.62 — —
1994 6.31 — —
1992 6.08 — —
1990 5.84 — —

Eastern Asia, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of dentistry personnel per 10,000 people, from WHO. Dentistry is set apart as a separate indicator because almost everywhere it is financed differently from the rest of medicine — more often out of personal funds — and provision of it is poorly predicted by overall provision of physicians.

Important: The World Bank database has no such indicator, so coverage here is narrower: 193 territories against 245 for nursing personnel.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.