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Dentists per 100,000 population: United Arab Emirates, 2021

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

United Arab Emirates had 81.0 dentists per 100,000 people in 2021 (basis not stated), according to FCSC Monitoring SDG3 / Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024. Basis: other (national).

Comparability B Confidence high

Cite this

Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC) with the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP). (2026). Dentists per 100,000 population: United Arab Emirates, as of 2021-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/ae/dentists-per-100k/2021/

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Record

Value
81.0 per 100,000
Exact stored value
81 per 100,000
Scope qualifier
national
Unit conversion
Stored value = quoted number × 10 (per 10,000 to per 100,000). Declared by the data desk.
Unit
per 100,000
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
high
Method
derived
Basis
other
Scope
other: national
Comparability
Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
Status
Current revision

Source quote

2021 29.7 64.4 8.1 13.4

Locator: SDG Report 2024, target 3.c.1 table 'Density of dentistry personnel (per 10 000 population)', row 2021 (physicians, nursing, dentistry, pharmacists)

Local definition

Dentistry personnel per 10,000 population (MOHAP SDG health report)

Source

Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC) with the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP): Monitoring SDG3 / Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024 (health worker density table, target 3.c.1). Registry entry: ae-mohap-sdg-2024.

Notes

Derived: 8.1 per 10,000 x 10 = 81.0. Series per 10,000: 2019 7.0, 2020 7.4, 2021 8.1. 'Dentistry personnel' may include more than dentists (SDG 3.c.1 definition).

Metric definition

Dentists per 100,000 population; derived = dentists / population x 100000, or reported by source All markets for this metric.

History

Dentists per 100,000 population in United Arab Emirates: current records by yearDentists per 100,000 population in United Arab Emirates: current records by year. per 100,000; same basis only (other); a dashed line crosses a series break. Sources: FCSC Monitoring SDG3 / Sustainable Development Goals Report…; WHO Global Health Observatory API; World Bank WDI. Dental Market Radar.Dentists per 100,000 population in United Arab Emirates: current records by yearper 100,000; same basis only (other); a dashed line crosses a series break2021: 81.081.02023: 89.82023: 88.188.120212023Sources: FCSC Monitoring SDG3 / Sustainable Development Goals Report…; WHO Global HealthObservatory API; World Bank WDI. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (other (national)). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dentists per 100,000 population, United Arab Emirates, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
2023-hl89.8 per 100,000otherComparability BWorld Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)
202388.1 per 100,000otherComparability BWHO Global Health Observatory API: NHWA dentists (HWF_0011) and dental expenditure, United Arab Emirates
202181.0 per 100,000other (national)Comparability BMonitoring SDG3 / Sustainable Development Goals Report 2024 (health worker density table, target 3.c.1)

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