Dentists per 100,000 population: Malaysia, 2024

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

Malaysia had 48.7 dentists per 100,000 people in 2024 (registered basis), according to WHO Global Health Observatory. Basis: registered.

Comparability B Confidence medium

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.

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World Health Organization (GHO OData API; NHWA data portal December 2025 update). (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/

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Record

Value: 48.7 per 100,000
Unit conversion: Stored value = quoted number × 10 (per 10,000 to per 100,000). Declared by the data desk.
Unit: per 100,000
As of: 2024-12-31
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Revision: 1
Confidence: medium
Method: derived
Basis: registered
Scope: registered
Comparability: Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
Status: Current revision

Source quote

"TimeDim":2024,..."Value":"4.87","NumericValue":4.870000000

Locator: WHO GHO OData indicator HWF_0010 'Dentists (per 10,000)', SpatialDim MYS, TimeDim 2024

Local definition

NHWA dentist density per 10,000 population

Source

World Health Organization (GHO OData API; NHWA data portal December 2025 update): WHO Global Health Observatory: National Health Workforce Accounts (dentists, dental assistants and therapists, dental prosthetic technicians) and oral health expenditure, Malaysia. Registry entry: my-who-gho-nhwa.

Notes

Derived: WHO reported 4.87 per 10,000 x 10 = 48.7 per 100,000. WHO uses UN population. Same 2023-2024 series break as dentists_total (2023: 4.06 per 10,000). Alternative with DOSM population: 17,318 / 34,052,100 x 100000 = 50.9 (see my.dentists_per_100k.2024-dosm).

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 (registered). 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

Please also cite the original source above.

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