Self-pay share of dental spend (%): Malaysia, 2021

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated 2026-11-09 · Data as of 2021-12-31

In 2021, 67.1% of dental spending in Malaysia was self-pay, according to Health Transformation Office KKMNOW dashboard. Basis: estimate.

Comparability C Confidence low

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Health Transformation Office, Ministry of Health Malaysia (data: WHO GHED). (2026). Self-pay share of dental spend (%): Malaysia, as of 2021-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/my/self-pay-share-of-dental-spend-pct/2021/

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Record

Value: 67.1%
Unit: percent
As of: 2021-12-31
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Revision: 1
Confidence: low
Method: derived
Basis: estimate
Scope: estimate
Comparability: Comparability C C: different basis; use with caution when comparing
Status: Latest record for this market and metric

Source quote

"_pvtd":{..."hc132":[902.6359,996.5107]; "value":{..."hc132":[1362.392,1485.686]

Locator: KKMNOW SHA 2011 dashboard JSON: payload.dims.hc.values._pvtd.hc132 and .value.hc132 (RM million), year 2021

Local definition

Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) on HC.1.3.2 dental outpatient curative care as share of total dental outpatient curative spend

Source

Health Transformation Office, Ministry of Health Malaysia (data: WHO GHED): KKMNOW dashboard: Health Accounts (SHA 2011), using WHO Global Health Expenditure Database. Registry entry: my-kkmnow-sha2011.

Notes

Derived: 996.5107 / 1485.686 x 100 = 67.07% (2021); 2020: 902.6359 / 1362.392 = 66.3%. PVT-D = out-of-pocket + voluntary insurance + enterprise schemes, so this is an UPPER proxy for self-pay, not pure OOP. Cross-check: MNHA 2022 Table 9.2c reports OOP at private dental clinics RM 1,416 million in 2022 (RM 1,096 million in 2020) and at public dental clinics RM 18 million; provider-based, not comparable to the function total.

Metric definition

Out-of-pocket / non-insured share of dental spending All markets for this metric.

History

Current records for Self-pay share of dental spend (%), Malaysia, newest first
Year	Value	Basis	As of	Comparability	Source	Series break
2021	67.1%	estimate	2021-12-31	Comparability C	KKMNOW dashboard: Health Accounts (SHA 2011), using WHO Global Health Expenditure Database

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