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Dentists public sector: Saudi Arabia, 2024

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Saudi Arabia had 13,515 public-sector dentists in 2024, according to Ministry of Health Statistical Yearbook 2024. Basis: employed (public sector).

Comparability A Confidence high

Series break: this series has a documented break (2024). A change across it reflects a change in source or definition, not growth. See Series break below.

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Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. (2026). Dentists public sector: Saudi Arabia, as of 2024-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sa/dentists-public-sector/2024/

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Record

Value
13,515 persons
Scope qualifier
public sector
Unit
persons
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
high
Method
derived
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

Ministry of Health | Dentists | 2023G 7056 92.5 | 2024G 9331 92.4 || Other Governmental Sector | Dentists | 2023G 2238 83.9 | 2024G 4184 85.7

Locator: MOH Statistical Yearbook 2024 sheet 2-17, sectors 'Ministry of Health' and 'Other Governmental Sector', row 'Dentists'

Local definition

Dentists employed by MOH plus other government agencies (military, university, security hospitals)

Source

Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia: Statistical Yearbook 2024 (bilingual Arabic/English, Excel workbook). Registry entry: sa-moh-yearbook-2024.

Notes

Derived: MOH + other government = 13,515. SERIES BREAK 2024: MOH yearbook 2024 Table 1-8 states 'The source of workforce data has been modified as of 2024 to be the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.' Up to 2023 the counts came from MOH-collected sector returns. The +30% jump in dentists (25,970 to 33,751) appears in every sector (MOH 7,056 to 9,331; other government 2,238 to 4,184; private 16,676 to 20,236), and private allied health more than doubled (38,114 to 87,306), consistent with a source change rather than real growth. Do not compute 2023-24 growth across the break.

Metric definition

Dentists employed in the public sector (ministry of health or equivalent) All markets for this metric.

Series break

Series break at 2024 (between 2023 and 2024): MOH yearbook 2024 Table 1-8: workforce data source changed from MOH records to the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties from 2024; levels before and after 2024 are not strictly comparable

History

Dentists public sector in Saudi Arabia: current records by yearDentists public sector in Saudi Arabia: current records by year. persons; same basis only (employed); a dashed line crosses a series break. Source: Ministry of Health Statistical Yearbook 2024. Dental Market Radar.Dentists public sector in Saudi Arabia: current records by yearpersons; same basis only (employed); a dashed line crosses a series break2023: 9,2949,2942024: 13,51513,51520232024Source: Ministry of Health Statistical Yearbook 2024. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (employed (public sector)). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dentists public sector, Saudi Arabia, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
202413,515 personsemployed (public sector)Comparability AStatistical Yearbook 2024 (bilingual Arabic/English, Excel workbook)Series break starts here
20239,294 personsemployed (public sector)Comparability AStatistical Yearbook 2024 (bilingual Arabic/English, Excel workbook)

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