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Dentists per 100,000 population: Saudi Arabia, 2024-hl

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Saudi Arabia had 95.6 dentists per 100,000 people in 2024 (employed basis), derived from 33,751 employed dentists (Ministry of Health Statistical Yearbook 2024) divided by total population (World Bank WDI). Basis: employed.

Comparability A Confidence medium

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World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others). (2026). Dentists per 100,000 population: Saudi Arabia, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sa/dentists-per-100k/2024-hl/

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Record

Value
95.6 per 100,000
Unit
per 100,000
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
medium
Method
derived
Basis
employed
Scope
other
Headline
Yes: this record leads in cross-market tables
Comparability
Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
Derived from
sa.dentists_practising.2024
Status
Latest record for this market and metric

Source quote

"countryiso3code":"SAU","date":"2024","value":35300280

English: World Bank total population, SAU, 2024: 35,300,280

Locator: World Bank SP.POP.TOTL SAU 2024; numerator sa.dentists_practising.2024

Local definition

Headline rate (DECISIONS L4/L5): dentists_practising (employed: all sectors) divided by World Bank total population, same year

Source

World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others): World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). Registry entry: worldbank-sp-pop-totl.

Notes

Derived: 33,751 (sa.dentists_practising.2024, source sa-gastat-hcw-2024) / 35,300,280 (World Bank SP.POP.TOTL 2024) x 100,000 = 95.6. Numerator basis: employed. Other per-100k records for SA use national-statistics denominators or other bases and are not the headline.

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). 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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