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Dentists per 100,000 population: Saudi Arabia, 2024

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Saudi Arabia had 95.6 dentists per 100,000 people in 2024 (employed basis), according to GASTAT Healthcare Establishments and Workforce Statistics Publication 2024. Basis: employed (all sectors).

Comparability B Confidence medium

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General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Saudi Arabia. (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/

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Record

Value
95.6 per 100,000
Scope qualifier
all sectors
Unit
per 100,000
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
medium
Method
derived
Basis
employed
Scope
employed: all sectors
Comparability
Comparability B B: close to the metric definition; the difference is noted
Status
Current revision

Source quote

وبلغ إجمالي عدد أطباء الأسنان 33,751 طبيباً، وكان عدد أطباء الأسنان السعوديين 19,598 طبيباً

English: The total number of dentists reached 33,751, of whom 19,598 were Saudi dentists.

Locator: Dentists from GASTAT 2024 bulletin p.1; population from GASTAT Population Estimates 2024

Local definition

Dentists (all sectors) per 100,000 residents

Source

General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Saudi Arabia: Healthcare Establishments and Workforce Statistics Publication 2024 (Arabic). Registry entry: sa-gastat-hcw-2024.

Notes

Derived: 33,751 / 35,300,000 (mid-2024, GASTAT) x 100,000 = 95.6. Mixes a year-end workforce count with a mid-year population. Inherits the unexplained 2023-24 jump.

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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