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Total dental spend (US$): Australia, 2023

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Australia spent about US$9.56 billion on dental care in 2023, according to OECD Health Statistics. Basis: other (USD at purchasing power parity (not market exchange rate)).

Comparability C Confidence medium

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OECD (data supplied by AIHW for Australia). (2026). Total dental spend (US$): Australia, as of 2023-06-30 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dental-spend-total-usd/2023/

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Record

Value
US$9.56 billion
Exact stored value
9,563,524,000 USD
Scope qualifier
USD at purchasing power parity (not market exchange rate)
Unit conversion
Stored value = quoted number × 1000000 (million USD (PPP) to USD (PPP)). Declared by the data desk.
Unit
USD
As of
Accessed
Revision
2
Confidence
medium
Method
reported
Basis
other
Scope
other: USD at purchasing power parity (not market exchange rate)
Comparability
Comparability C C: different basis; use with caution when comparing
Status
Current revision; 1 earlier revision is kept below

Source quote

OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_SHA@DF_SHA(1.1),AUS,A,EXP_HEALTH,USD_PPP,_T,_Z,HC132,HBOUT,_T,_Z,_Z,V,2023,9563.524,,,,,,6,1

Locator: SDMX CSV row REF_AREA=AUS, MEASURE=EXP_HEALTH, UNIT_MEASURE=USD_PPP, FINANCING_SCHEME=_T, FUNCTION=HC132, PROVIDER=_T, PRICE_BASE=V, TIME_PERIOD=2023 (UNIT_MULT 6 = millions)

Local definition

Current expenditure on dental outpatient curative care (SHA function HC.1.3.2), all financing schemes, USD at purchasing power parity, current prices

Source

OECD (data supplied by AIHW for Australia): OECD Health Statistics: System of Health Accounts (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA), function HC.1.3.2 dental outpatient curative care. Registry entry: au-oecd-sha-dental.

Notes

Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Basis labelled: the value is USD at purchasing power parity, not market exchange rate (DECISIONS L7); declared conversion from millions of PPP dollars. Comparability set to C until a market-rate value is added. USD PPP, not market-rate USD. In Australian dollars: A$13,152.275 million (same dataset, XDC). Australia reports health accounts by financial year; 2023 assumed to be FY2022-23 (to verify with AIHW Health expenditure Australia, which robots.txt blocks). 2022: USD PPP 8,848.611 million; 2021: 7,625.221 million.

Metric definition

Total dental spending All markets for this metric.

Revisions

Earlier revisions of this figure stay on record for citation. They are never deleted.

Revision 1 (superseded)

Value
US$9.56 billion
Exact stored value
9,563,524,000 USD
Unit
USD
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
medium
Method
reported
Basis
other
Scope
other
Comparability
Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted

OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_SHA@DF_SHA(1.1),AUS,A,EXP_HEALTH,USD_PPP,_T,_Z,HC132,HBOUT,_T,_Z,_Z,V,2023,9563.524,,,,,,6,1

Locator: SDMX CSV row REF_AREA=AUS, MEASURE=EXP_HEALTH, UNIT_MEASURE=USD_PPP, FINANCING_SCHEME=_T, FUNCTION=HC132, PROVIDER=_T, PRICE_BASE=V, TIME_PERIOD=2023 (UNIT_MULT 6 = millions)

Source: OECD Health Statistics: System of Health Accounts (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA), function HC.1.3.2 dental outpatient curative care. Registry entry: au-oecd-sha-dental.

Local definition: Current expenditure on dental outpatient curative care (SHA function HC.1.3.2), all financing schemes, USD at purchasing power parity, current prices

Notes: USD PPP, not market-rate USD. In Australian dollars: A$13,152.275 million (same dataset, XDC). Australia reports health accounts by financial year; 2023 assumed to be FY2022-23 (to verify with AIHW Health expenditure Australia, which robots.txt blocks). 2022: USD PPP 8,848.611 million; 2021: 7,625.221 million.

History

Total dental spend (US$) in Australia: current records by yearTotal dental spend (US$) in Australia: current records by year. USD; same basis only (other); a dashed line crosses a series break. Sources: World Bank WDI; OECD Health Statistics. Dental Market Radar.Total dental spend (US$) in Australia: current records by yearUSD; same basis only (other); a dashed line crosses a series break2023: US$8.74 billionUS$8.74 billion2023: US$9.56 billionUS$9.56 billion20232023Sources: World Bank WDI; OECD Health Statistics. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (other (USD at purchasing power parity (not market exchange rate))). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Total dental spend (US$), Australia, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
2023-mktUS$8.74 billionotherComparability AWorld Bank WDI: Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average), Australia
2023US$9.56 billionother (USD at purchasing power parity (not market exchange rate))Comparability COECD Health Statistics: System of Health Accounts (DSD_SHA@DF_SHA), function HC.1.3.2 dental outpatient curative care

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