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Dentists per 100,000 population: Saudi Arabia, 2023

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Saudi Arabia had 77.0 dentists per 100,000 people in 2023 (employed basis), according to Ministry of Health Statistical Yearbook 2023. Basis: employed (all sectors).

Comparability A Confidence high

Cite this

Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. (2026). Dentists per 100,000 population: Saudi Arabia, as of 2023-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sa/dentists-per-100k/2023/

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Record

Value
77.0 per 100,000
Exact stored value
77 per 100,000
Scope qualifier
all sectors
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
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
high
Method
derived
Basis
employed
Scope
employed: all sectors
Comparability
Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
Status
Current revision

Source quote

Dentists 7.7 7.4 7.4 6.2 6.3

Locator: MOH Statistical Yearbook 2023, Table 1-9 'Health Resources Indicators (per 10,000 population) in the Last Five Years', row 'Dentists' (2023G...2019G)

Local definition

Dentists (all sectors) per 10,000 population, as published by MOH

Source

Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia: Statistical Yearbook 2023 (bilingual Arabic/English, 1445H). Registry entry: sa-moh-yearbook-2023.

Notes

Derived: 7.7 per 10,000 x 10 = 77.0 per 100,000. Series per 10,000: 2019 6.3, 2020 6.2, 2021 7.4, 2022 7.4, 2023 7.7.

Metric definition

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

History

Dentists per 100,000 population in Saudi Arabia: current records by yearDentists per 100,000 population in Saudi Arabia: current records by year. per 100,000; same basis only (employed); a dashed line crosses a series break. Sources: Ministry of Health Statistical Yearbook 2023; Ministry of Health Statistical Yearbook 2024; World Bank WDI and others. Dental Market Radar.Dentists per 100,000 population in Saudi Arabia: current records by yearper 100,000; same basis only (employed); a dashed line crosses a series break2023: 77.077.02024: 95.62024: 95.695.620232024Sources: Ministry of Health Statistical Yearbook 2023; Ministry of Health Statistical Yearbook2024; World Bank WDI and others. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (employed (all sectors)). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dentists per 100,000 population, Saudi Arabia, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
2024-hl95.6 per 100,000employedComparability AWorld Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)
202495.6 per 100,000employed (all sectors)Comparability BHealthcare Establishments and Workforce Statistics Publication 2024 (Arabic)
202377.0 per 100,000employed (all sectors)Comparability AStatistical Yearbook 2023 (bilingual Arabic/English, 1445H)

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