Australia vs Canada: Dentists — Health and social employment
Dentists — Health and social employment over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.77 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Canada, a difference of 0.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 19th and Canada ranks 22nd of 23 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.564 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.542 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.022 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.5813 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.5762 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.005 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.6756 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.6333 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.0422 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.748 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.66 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.088 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dentists — health and social employment, Australia or Canada?
- Australia, at 0.77 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dentists — health and social employment between Australia and Canada?
- 0.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
- Australia ranks 19th and Canada ranks 22nd of 23 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Dentists — Health and social employment. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This dataset provides data on the number of dentists by status (ie. practising dentists, professionally active dentists, and dentists licenced to practice). Practising dentists provide services for patients. They include stomatologists, dental and maxillofacial surgeons. Professionally active dentists are practising dentists and other dentists for whom their education in dentistry / stomatology is a prerequisite for the execution of the job. Dentists licensed to practice include practising and other (non-practising) dentists, who are registered and entitled to practice as healthcare professionals in the field of dentistry. They include stomatologists, dental and maxillofacial surgeons. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.