Sources: South Korea
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated
Source registry for South Korea dental market data: publishers, cadence and licence status.
14 registered sources for South Korea. Licence status is recorded per publisher; figures are cited with a link, not copied wholesale.
Registry
2nd Health Workforce Survey (제2차 보건의료인력 실태조사), one-page summary of 20 occupations (한 장으로 보는 보건의료인력 20종 현황)
- Publisher
- Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), with KIHASA and NHIS; data year 2023
- URL
- https://www.mohw.go.kr/boardDownload.es?bid=0027&list_no=1492074&seq=4
- Update cadence
- Roughly every 10 years (1st survey data year 2020 published earlier; 2nd survey data year 2023 published 2026-09-29)
- Licence status
- attribution
- Licence note
- The press-release page marks the attached PDF as KOGL Type 1: free use including commercial use and modification with source credit (year, agency name, homepage URL) per the MOHW copyright policy.
- Notes
- PDF attachment seq=4 of MOHW press release list_no=1492074. Gives licence holders, active and inactive counts, care-institution workers, per-100k, training institutions for dentists, dental technicians and dental hygienists, 2013-2023. Final detailed tables are said to be posted on mohw.go.kr, kosis.kr and nhis.or.kr (not located). Press release seq=2 (PDF) is the narrative summary.
- Facts using this source
- none yet
HIRA healthcare institution status (dental clinic counts)
- Publisher
- Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)
- URL
- https://www.hira.or.kr/
- Update cadence
- Quarterly/annual
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- Only works bearing a KOGL mark are freely usable (Type 2/4 ban commercial use); material without a mark requires prior consultation with HIRA, so the homepage statistics generally are restricted.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Candidate for dental clinic counts; table not located.
- Facts using this source
- kr.dental_spend_total_usd.2024, kr.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2024, kr.implant_procedures_annual.2024, kr.self_pay_share_of_dental_spend_pct.2024
Kim J et al. Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in middle-aged Korean men and women. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2004;170:1108-13
- Publisher
- American Thoracic Society (peer-reviewed journal); abstract via PubMed
- URL
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15347562/
- Update cadence
- Static publication (data collected about 2001-2003)
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- The PubMed page itself sat behind a cookie wall (not bypassed); classified from NCBI policy: abstracts carry the journal publisher's copyright and no open licence was found, so cite by link only.
- Notes
- Korean Health and Genome Study, ages 40-69, n=457 polysomnography sample. Old and age-limited; flagged comparability C.
- Facts using this source
- kr.osa_prevalence_adult_pct.2004
Korean Dental Association (KDA) website (pointer for industry/professional surveys)
- Publisher
- Korean Dental Association (대한치과의사협회)
- URL
- https://www.kda.or.kr/
- Update cadence
- n/a
- Licence status
- unknown
- Licence note
- kda.or.kr did not connect from curl; terms not read.
- Notes
- Used only as the expected holder of digital-equipment, aligner and DSO survey data; no figure retrieved, all cells null.
- Facts using this source
- kr.chairside_cadcam_installed_base.2024, kr.clear_aligner_cases_annual.2024, kr.dental_3d_printer_installed_base.2024, kr.dso_clinic_share_pct.2024, kr.ios_installed_base.2024
KOSIS Korean Statistical Information Service
- Publisher
- Statistics Korea (KOSTAT)
- URL
- https://kosis.kr/
- Update cadence
- Continuous
- Licence status
- attribution
- Licence note
- Domestic statistics free to reuse/redistribute incl. commercial with source citation (agency, survey, table, retrieval date, URL); carve-outs: international and North Korea statistics non-commercial only, no redistribution; selling unmodified tables prohibited. Terms read via WebFetch summary of the Korean page.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Candidate for population denominators; not retrieved.
- Facts using this source
- none yet
Ministry of Health and Welfare statistics (licensing / medical institution statistics)
- Publisher
- Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Korea
- URL
- https://www.mohw.go.kr/
- Update cadence
- Annual
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- Free use applies only to works bearing a KOGL mark (Types 1-4, with Type 2/4 banning commercial use); the homepage/statistics in general carry no blanket grant, so classified conservatively as restricted unless the specific item shows a Type 1 mark.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Primary national source for dentist licences; table not located by data desk.
- Facts using this source
- kr.dental_hygienists_total.2024, kr.dental_hygienists_total.2023, kr.dental_schools_total.2025, kr.dental_technicians_total.2024, kr.dental_technicians_total.2023, kr.oral_appliance_reimbursement.2018
MOHW press release 2018-03-20: NHI coverage of polysomnography and CPAP
- Publisher
- Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Korea
- URL
- https://www.mohw.go.kr/board.es?mid=a10503010100&bid=0027&act=view&list_no=344261
- Update cadence
- One-off press release
- Licence status
- attribution
- Licence note
- The press-release page marks the attached PDF as KOGL Type 1: free use including commercial use and modification with source credit (year, agency name, homepage URL) per the MOHW copyright policy.
- Notes
- Announces plan (draft fee schedule); implementation was stated as first half of 2018. Current CPAP rules (adherence criteria, copayment) not re-verified.
- Facts using this source
- none yet
NHIS health insurance webzine, April 2024: 건강보험 혜택 (benefits: scaling, dentures, implants)
- Publisher
- National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), Korea
- URL
- https://www.nhis.or.kr/static/alim/paper/oldpaper/202404/sub/section1_5.html
- Update cadence
- Webzine monthly; Q&A PDFs undated
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- Only a site-wide footer notice was readable (terms page /nhis/etc/... is disallowed by robots.txt so not fetched); no reuse grant found, so treated as all rights reserved; numbers may be cited by link only. Webzine page itself carries no licence statement.
- Notes
- Official NHIS explanatory text, not the legal fee schedule. Authoritative schedule is the HIRA/MOHW benefit notice. Implant Q&A PDF (wbmac0221_2.pdf) is undated and describes PFM crowns.
- Facts using this source
- kr.dental_public_coverage.2024
Number of hospitals and clinics by type and province (CSV), MOHW
- Publisher
- Ministry of Health and Welfare via data.go.kr
- URL
- https://www.data.go.kr/data/15127855/fileData.do
- Update cadence
- Annual (2015-2024)
- Licence status
- open
- Licence note
- Dataset page states cost-free and no restriction on licence scope; the portal notes datasets with third-party rights need the rights holder's permission, and giving MOHW/data.go.kr credit is still good practice.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- CSV download needs a browser click; values not parsed by data desk. Licence stated on page: no usage restrictions.
- Facts using this source
- kr.hospitals_with_dental_dept.2024-x
OECD Health Statistics: Healthcare human resources (SDMX API, dataflow DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC)
- Publisher
- OECD (data supplied by national authorities, Korea: MOHW)
- URL
- https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_EMP_REAC@DF_REAC,1.1/KOR+JPN+AUS.........?startPeriod=2018
- Update cadence
- Annual; Korean 2024 values retrieved 2026-11-08
- Licence status
- unknown
- Licence note
- OECD terms page (oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions) returned HTTP 403 (Cloudflare bot wall) to both curl and WebFetch; terms could not be read, not bypassed.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- International compilation, not a national primary source. Measures: LP = licensed to practise, P = practising, PA = professionally active.
- Facts using this source
- au.dentists_practising.2024, kr.dental_graduates_annual.2024, kr.dental_graduates_annual.2023, kr.dentists_per_100k.2024, kr.dentists_per_100k.2024, kr.dentists_practising.2024, kr.dentists_practising.2023, kr.dentists_total.2024, kr.dentists_total.2023, kr.dentists_total.2022
Providers by year (연도별 요양기관 현황), NHIS management disclosure
- Publisher
- National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), Korea
- URL
- https://www.nhis.or.kr/announce/wbhaec11404m01.do
- Update cadence
- Quarterly
- Licence status
- restricted
- Licence note
- Only a site-wide footer notice was readable (terms page /nhis/etc/... is disallowed by robots.txt so not fetched); no reuse grant found, so treated as all rights reserved; numbers may be cited by link only.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Counts insured care institutions (요양기관) only.
- Facts using this source
- kr.dental_clinics_total.2025, kr.dental_clinics_total.2024, kr.dental_clinics_total.2023
Resident registration population statistics (jumin.mois.go.kr)
- Publisher
- Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS), Korea
- URL
- https://jumin.mois.go.kr/ageStatMonth.do
- Update cadence
- Monthly
- Licence status
- unknown
- Licence note
- jumin.mois.go.kr pages show no copyright, terms or 공공누리 notice. The same MOIS registered-population series on data.go.kr (e.g. dataset 3033304) shows 이용허락범위 '제한 없음' (no restriction), but that is a different dataset page, so not applied here.
- Phase
- 1
- Notes
- Form-driven page (POST); the seed URL is the form entry point.
- Facts using this source
- kr.population.2024
World Bank WDI: GDP per capita (current US$), NY.GDP.PCAP.CD, Korea Rep.
- Publisher
- World Bank (national accounts data from OECD/national sources)
- URL
- https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/KOR/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?format=json&date=2020:2025
- Update cadence
- Annual with revisions; API lastupdated 2026-10-08
- Licence status
- attribution
- Licence note
- Free reuse incl. commercial under CC BY 4.0 with attribution in the form 'The World Bank: Dataset name: Data source'; sub-licensees must carry the same attribution; applies unless indicated otherwise in the indicator metadata.
- Notes
- Population from the same API (SP.POP.TOTL 2024 = 51,751,065) includes non-registered residents and differs from MOIS registered population.
- Facts using this source
- kr.gdp_per_capita_usd.2024
World Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)
- Publisher
- World Bank (UN Population Division, national statistics offices and others)
- URL
- https://api.worldbank.org/v2/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?format=json
- Update cadence
- Annual (last updated 2026-10-08 when fetched)
- Licence status
- attribution
- Licence note
- Free reuse incl. commercial under CC BY 4.0 with attribution in the form 'The World Bank: Dataset name: Data source'; sub-licensees must carry the same attribution; applies unless indicated otherwise in the indicator metadata. Underlying sources (UN WPP, national offices, Eurostat) are listed in the indicator metadata; check for source-specific terms.
- Notes
- Cross-country per-capita denominator (DECISIONS L5). No series for Taiwan.
- Facts using this source
- ae.dentists_per_100k.2023-hl, au.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl, jp.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl, kr.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl, my.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl [series break 2024], my.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl [series break 2024], nz.dentists_per_100k.2025-hl, qa.dentists_per_100k.2025-hl, sa.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl, sg.dentists_per_100k.2025-hl, th.dentists_per_100k.2023-hl, vn.dentists_per_100k.2024-hl