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Dental graduates annual: South Korea, 2023

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

South Korea had 719 new dental graduates in 2023, according to OECD Health Statistics. Basis: other.

Comparability B Confidence medium

Cite this

OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW). (2026). Dental graduates annual: South Korea, as of 2023-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dental-graduates-annual/2023/

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Record

Value
719 persons
Unit
persons
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
Status
Current revision

Source quote

OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),KOR,HSG,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,_Z,_Z,2023,719

English: OECD dataflow row: Korea, health graduates (HSG), dentists (DNST), 2023 = 719 persons.

Locator: SDMX-CSV row REF_AREA=KOR, MEASURE=HSG, UNIT=PS, HEALTH_PROF=DNST, TIME_PERIOD=2023

Local definition

OECD health graduates: students who completed a first dental degree in the calendar year, as reported by Korea.

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 health graduates (HSG) for dentists, Korea, 2023, supplied by national authorities. Cross-check: trade press (not used as source) reports 716 passing the 2025 national dental licensing exam (KHPLEI); the exam pass count also includes foreign-school graduates, so it is not the same quantity. KHPLEI primary statistics page not reached in this pass.

Metric definition

New dental graduates per year All markets for this metric.

History

Dental graduates annual in South Korea: current records by yearDental graduates annual in South Korea: current records by year. persons; same basis only (other); a dashed line crosses a series break. Source: OECD Health Statistics. Dental Market Radar.Dental graduates annual in South Korea: current records by yearpersons; same basis only (other); a dashed line crosses a series break2023: 7197192024: 64164120232024Source: OECD Health Statistics. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (other). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dental graduates annual, South Korea, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
2024641 personsotherComparability BOECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)
2023719 personsotherComparability BOECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)

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