Australia vs Malta: Dentists — Health and social employment

Australia
0.77 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2024
Malta
0.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2024
Australia rank
19th
Malta rank
21st

Dentists — Health and social employment over time

  • Australia
  • Malta
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.77 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Malta, a difference of 0.05 Per 1 000 inhabitants.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.

Across all 26 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 19th and Malta ranks 21st of 23 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Malta Difference Ahead
1990s 0.56 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.345 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.215 Per 1 000 inhabitants Australia
2000s 0.5813 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.4375 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.1438 Per 1 000 inhabitants Australia
2010s 0.6756 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.5411 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.1344 Per 1 000 inhabitants Australia
2020s 0.748 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.652 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.096 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 Malta?
Australia, at 0.77 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Malta as of 2024.
What is the difference in dentists — health and social employment between Australia and Malta?
0.05 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Malta?
26 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
How do Australia and Malta rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
Australia ranks 19th and Malta ranks 21st 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

Indicator
Dentists — Health and social employment
Unit
Per 1 000 inhabitants
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
30 places, 846 data points, 1980–2025
Last refreshed

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.