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Dentists (practising): South Korea, 2023

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

South Korea had 28,392 practising dentists in 2023, according to OECD Health Statistics. Basis: practising.

Comparability A Confidence medium

Cite this

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

Permanent URL: https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/kr/dentists-practising/2023/. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Record

Value
28,392 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
Current revision

Source quote

OECD.ELS.HD:DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC(1.1),KOR,HSE,PS,_Z,_Z,DNST,_Z,P,_Z,2023,28392

English: OECD Health Statistics, Korea, dentists (DNST), practising (P), 2023: 28,392

Locator: OECD SDMX CSV row KOR / HSE / PS / DNST / P / 2023

Local definition

practising (P)

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

Replaces the quarantined MOHW workforce-survey value (DECISIONS L3). OECD compiles Korea's figure from national sources; basis differs from the MOHW survey (active 29,278, licence holders after cleaning 32,517).

Metric definition

Dentists reported as practising / on the resident register (narrower than registered) All markets for this metric.

History

Dentists (practising) in South Korea: current records by yearDentists (practising) in South Korea: current records by year. persons; same basis only (practising); a dashed line crosses a series break. Source: OECD Health Statistics. Dental Market Radar.Dentists (practising) in South Korea: current records by yearpersons; same basis only (practising); a dashed line crosses a series break2023: 28,39228,3922024: 28,83628,83620232024Source: OECD Health Statistics. 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 (practising), South Korea, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
202428,836 personspractisingComparability AOECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)
202328,392 personspractisingComparability AOECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)

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