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Dental graduates annual: Malaysia, 2024

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Malaysia had 620 new dental graduates in 2024, according to Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC. Basis: registered.

Comparability B Confidence high

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Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia. (2026). Dental graduates annual: Malaysia, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dental-graduates-annual/2024/

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Record

Value
620 persons
Unit
persons
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
high
Method
reported
Basis
registered
Scope
registered
Comparability
Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
Status
Latest record for this market and metric

Source quote

TOTAL 449 498 654 660 709 681 729 439 434 753 620

Locator: Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, p.2 table 1C 'New Registrants from Local Institutions, 2014-2024', row TOTAL, column 2024

Local definition

New registrants with the MDC who qualified from the 13 local (Malaysian) dental schools in the year

Source

Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia: Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC. Registry entry: my-mdc-statistic-2024.

Notes

Proxy for domestic graduate output: counts first registrations, not degrees conferred, so year-to-year swings reflect cohort timing (e.g. 2021 439, 2022 434 after COVID delays; 2023 753 catch-up; MUCM 122 in 2023 vs 7 in 2024). Series 2014-2024: 449, 498, 654, 660, 709, 681, 729, 439, 434, 753, 620. All new registrants incl. foreign-qualified: 2024 788, 2023 900 (table 1A). Replaces the stale ~900 (2014) record as headline.

Metric definition

New dental graduates per year All markets for this metric.

History

Dental graduates annual in Malaysia: current records by yearDental graduates annual in Malaysia: current records by year. persons; same basis only (registered); a dashed line crosses a series break. Source: Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, listed…. Dental Market Radar.Dental graduates annual in Malaysia: current records by yearpersons; same basis only (registered); a dashed line crosses a series break2023: 7537532024: 62062020232024Source: Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, listed…. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (registered). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dental graduates annual, Malaysia, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
2024620 personsregisteredComparability BStatistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC
2023753 personsregisteredComparability BStatistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC
2014900 personsestimateComparability BThe dental workforce in Malaysia: drivers for change from the perspectives of key stakeholders (Int Dent J 2020;70:360, doi:10.1111/idj.12575)

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