Dentists per 10,000 people — all countries

Dentists per 10,000 people — Tanzania

Dentists per 10,000 people in Tanzania in 2024 — 0.06 per 10k. Ranked 54 in the world out of 64. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 50%.

2024 0.06 per 10k −50% vs 2022
World rank 54of 64
Period maximum 0.12 per 10k2018
Period minimum 0.01 per 10k2006

Trend over time

2002–2024 · per 10,000 people

Dentists per 10,000 people — Tanzania, 2002–202400.050.10.15200220052008201120142017202020232002: 0.04 per 10k2006: 0.01 per 10k2012: 0.02 per 10k2014: 0.02 per 10k2018: 0.12 per 10k2022: 0.12 per 10k2024: 0.06 per 10k
Change over the period: +0.02 (+50%) Average annual rate: 1.86 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tanzania

Tanzania 0.06 per 10k
Eastern Africa computed 0.07 per 10k
Dentists per 10,000 people — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 10k Change Change, %
2024 0.06 — —
2022 0.12 — —
2018 0.12 — —
2014 0.02 — —
2012 0.02 — —
2006 0.01 — —
2002 0.04 — —

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.