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Dentists per 100,000 population: New Zealand, 2025
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
New Zealand had 63.5 dentists per 100,000 people in 2025 (registered basis), according to Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25. Basis: registered.
Comparability B Confidence medium
Cite this
Dental Council (Te Kaunihera Tiaki Niho). (2026). Dentists per 100,000 population: New Zealand, as of 2025-03-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/nz/dentists-per-100k/2025/
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Record
- Value
- 63.5 per 100,000
- Unit
- per 100,000
- As of
- Accessed
- 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
Dentists and dental specialists 3,381 3,349
Locator: Numerator p.24 (3,381 at 31 Mar 2025); denominator Stats NZ ERP 30 Jun 2025 (5,324,700)
Local definition
Registered dentists and dental specialists per 100,000 estimated resident population
Source
Dental Council (Te Kaunihera Tiaki Niho): Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25 (register and APC data at 31 March 2025). Registry entry: nz-dcnz-annual-report-2025.
Notes
Derived: 3,381 / 5,324,700 x 100,000 = 63.5 (registered basis, matching au.dentists_per_100k.2025). Practising basis: 2,705 / 5,324,700 x 100,000 = 50.8. Reference dates differ by 3 months.
Metric definition
Dentists per 100,000 population; derived = dentists / population x 100000, or reported by source All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-hl | 50.8 per 100,000 | practising | Comparability B | World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) | ||
| 2025 | 63.5 per 100,000 | registered | Comparability B | Dental Council Annual Report 2024/25 (register and APC data at 31 March 2025) |
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