Dentists per 100,000 population: Malaysia, 2024-mdc

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated 2026-11-09 · Data as of 2024-12-31

Malaysia had 41.4 dentists per 100,000 people in 2024 (practising basis), according to Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024, listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC. Basis: practising.

Comparability A Confidence high

Series break: this series has a documented break (2024). A change across it reflects a change in source or definition, not growth. See Series break below.

Cite this

Malaysian Dental Council (Majlis Pergigian Malaysia), Oral Health Programme, Ministry of Health Malaysia. (2026). Dentists per 100,000 population: Malaysia, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/dentists-per-100k/2024-mdc/

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Record

Value: 41.4 per 100,000
Unit: per 100,000
As of: 2024-12-31
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Revision: 1
Confidence: high
Method: derived
Basis: practising
Scope: practising
Comparability: Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
Status: Current revision

Source quote

MALAYSIA 8,472 6,248 14,720 5

Locator: MDC Statistics 2024 p.5 table 2C (numerator); World Bank SP.POP.TOTL 2024 = 35,557,673 (api.worldbank.org, lastupdated 2026-10-08) (denominator)

Local definition

Division I dental surgeons with APC per 100,000 population

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

Derived: 14,720 / 35,557,673 x 100000 = 41.4 (both 2024; L5 World Bank population). Practising basis (preferred per L4); the WHO 48.7 record uses the register count 17,318.

Metric definition

Dentists per 100,000 population; derived = dentists / population x 100000, or reported by source All markets for this metric.

Series break

Series break at 2024 (between 2023 and 2024): WHO NHWA series jumps from 14,255 (2023) to 17,318 (2024), +21%, probably because the 2024 submission switched from practising-certificate holders to the full register

History

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, Malaysia, newest first
Year	Value	Basis	As of	Comparability	Source	Series break
2024-hl	41.4 per 100,000	practising	2024-12-31	Comparability A	World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)	Series break starts here
2024	48.7 per 100,000	registered	2024-12-31	Comparability B	WHO Global Health Observatory: National Health Workforce Accounts (dentists, dental assistants and therapists, dental prosthetic technicians) and oral health expenditure, Malaysia	Series break starts here
2024-dosm	50.9 per 100,000	registered	2024-12-31	Comparability B	Population at national level 1970-2026 (population_malaysia)	Series break starts here
2024-mdc	41.4 per 100,000	practising	2024-12-31	Comparability A	Statistics from Malaysian Dental Council - 2024 (10-page MDC statistics sheet, edition dated July 2025), listed under the MDC website menu Statistic > Statistic MDC	Series break starts here

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