Australia vs Finland: Dentists — Health and social employment
Dentists — Health and social employment over time
- Australia
- Finland
How they compare
Finland currently reports 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.77 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Australia, a difference of 0.08 Per 1 000 inhabitants.
That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
Across all 29 years both countries report, Finland has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 19th and Finland ranks 18th of 23 countries.
Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Finland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5571 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.9029 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.3457 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Finland |
| 2000s | 0.5813 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.8975 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.3162 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Finland |
| 2010s | 0.6756 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.8667 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.1911 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Finland |
| 2020s | 0.748 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.866 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.118 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dentists — health and social employment, Australia or Finland?
- Finland, at 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.77 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in dentists — health and social employment between Australia and Finland?
- 0.08 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Finland?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Finland rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
- Australia ranks 19th and Finland ranks 18th 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.