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Dentists per 100,000 population: South Korea, 2024-hl

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

South Korea had 55.7 dentists per 100,000 people in 2024 (practising basis), derived from 28,836 practising dentists (OECD Health Statistics) divided by total population (World Bank WDI). Basis: practising.

Comparability A Confidence medium

Cite this

World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others). (2026). Dentists per 100,000 population: South Korea, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-per-100k/2024-hl/

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Record

Value
55.7 per 100,000
Unit
per 100,000
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
medium
Method
derived
Basis
practising
Scope
other
Headline
Yes: this record leads in cross-market tables
Comparability
Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
Derived from
kr.dentists_practising.2024
Status
Latest record for this market and metric

Source quote

"countryiso3code":"KOR","date":"2024","value":51751065

English: World Bank total population, KOR, 2024: 51,751,065

Locator: World Bank SP.POP.TOTL KOR 2024; numerator kr.dentists_practising.2024

Local definition

Headline rate (DECISIONS L4/L5): dentists_practising (practising) divided by World Bank total population, same year

Source

World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others): World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). Registry entry: worldbank-sp-pop-totl.

Notes

Derived: 28,836 (kr.dentists_practising.2024, source oecd-health-hr) / 51,751,065 (World Bank SP.POP.TOTL 2024) x 100,000 = 55.7. Numerator basis: practising. Other per-100k records for KR use national-statistics denominators or other bases and are not the headline.

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 South Korea: current records by yearDentists per 100,000 population in South Korea: current records by year. per 100,000; same basis only (practising); a dashed line crosses a series break. Sources: OECD Health Statistics; World Bank WDI. Dental Market Radar.Dentists per 100,000 population in South Korea: current records by yearper 100,000; same basis only (practising); a dashed line crosses a series break2024: 55.755.72024: 56.056.020242024Sources: OECD Health Statistics; World Bank WDI. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (practising). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dentists per 100,000 population, South Korea, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
2024-hl55.7 per 100,000practisingComparability AWorld Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)
202456.0 per 100,000practisingComparability AOECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)

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