Fact · Workforce
Dentists (practising): Australia, 2024
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Australia had 17,831 practising dentists in 2024, according to OECD Health Statistics. Basis: practising.
Comparability A Confidence medium
Cite this
OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW). (2026). Dentists (practising): Australia, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dentists-practising/2024/
Permanent URL: https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/au/dentists-practising/2024/. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Record
- Value
- 17,831 persons
- Unit
- persons
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- practising
- Scope
- practising
- Comparability
- Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),AUS,HSE,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,P,_Z,2024,17831
English: OECD Health Statistics, Australia, dentists, practising (P), 2024 = 17,831 (flagged estimate by OECD).
Locator: OECD SDMX CSV row AUS / HSE / PS / DNST / P / 2024
Local definition
Practising dentists (OECD measure P); OBS_STATUS E (estimated)
Source
OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW): OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC). Registry entry: oecd-health-hr.
Notes
OECD measure P (practising), Australia. Licensed basis 20,958.
Metric definition
Dentists reported as practising / on the resident register (narrower than registered) All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17,831 persons | practising | Comparability A | OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC) |
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