Indicator full name: Professionally active dentists, per 10 000 population
Unit: Persons per 10 000 population
Dimensions:
- Country/Area (COUNTRY/AREA)
- Supranational group of countries (COUNTRY_GRP)
- Year of measure (YEAR)
Years data is available: 1980—2021
Last updated: 22 November 2023
- Albania
- Andorra
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Estonia
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Monaco
- North Macedonia
- Portugal
- San Marino
- Spain
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
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Professionally active dentists, per 10 000 population (Line chart)
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Professionally active dentists, per 10 000 (Boxplot chart)
HlthRes-DB provides a wide range of statistics on human and technical resources for health and offers data on non-monetary health care resources collected through the joint work of the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and WHO/Europe
Human resources indicators: Indicators include the number and density of a wide range of health personnel (such as physicians, nurses, midwives, dentists, pharmacists and health care assistants), according to three different concepts (those practising, professionally active and licensed to practice). Information on employment in hospitals and numbers of medical and other graduates is also available. It is currently available in English and Russian.
Technical resources data: Data include the number and density of hospitals and hospital beds, stratified by ownership of facility (public, non-profit-making private and for-profit private), in addition to the number of beds for long-term care.
Information before 2011 is not verified.
The 2022 Revision of UN World Population Prospects was used for estimates.
Professionally active dentists, per 10 000 population Indicator code: prof.dent.rate This indicator shares the definition with the parent indicator "Professionally active dentists, total number". Professionally active dentists are practising dentists and other dentists for whom their education in dentistry / stomatology is a prerequisite for the execution of the job. Inclusion - Dentists who provide services directly to patients - Dentists working in administration and management positions requiring education in dentistry - Dentists conducting research into oral health and dental care - Dentists who participate in public action to maintain or improve standards of oral health and dental care - Dentists preparing scientific papers and reports Exclusion - Dentists who hold a post/job for which education in dentistry is not required - Unemployed dentists and retired dentists - Dentists working abroad Note: The number should be at the end of the calendar year.