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Dentists public sector: Qatar, 2025
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
Qatar had 559 public-sector dentists in 2025, according to NPC Chapter VI Health Services Statistics 2025. Basis: employed (public sector).
Comparability A Confidence high
Cite this
National Planning Council (NPC), Qatar (formerly Planning and Statistics Authority). (2026). Dentists public sector: Qatar, as of 2025-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/qa/dentists-public-sector/2025/
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Record
- Value
- 559 persons
- Scope qualifier
- public sector
- Unit
- persons
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- high
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- employed
- Scope
- employed: public sector
- Comparability
- Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric
Source quote
Dentists 2,320 1,761 559 2,275 1,736 539 2,201 1,656 545
Locator: NPC Health Services Statistics 2025, Table 112, row 'Dentists' (Total, Private, Government for 2025, 2024, 2023)
Local definition
Dentists working in the government sector (HMC, PHCC and other government facilities)
Source
National Planning Council (NPC), Qatar (formerly Planning and Statistics Authority): Chapter VI Health Services Statistics 2025 (Arabic/English). Registry entry: qa-npc-health-2025.
Notes
2024: 539; 2023: 545. Government dentists are 24% of the total; private 1,761.
Metric definition
Dentists employed in the public sector (ministry of health or equivalent) All markets for this metric.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 559 persons | employed (public sector) | Comparability A | Chapter VI Health Services Statistics 2025 (Arabic/English) |
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