Australia vs New Zealand: Dentists — Health and social employment
Dentists — Health and social employment over time
- Australia
- New Zealand
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.77 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants in New Zealand, a difference of 0.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times New Zealand's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 19th and New Zealand ranks 22nd of 23 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5967 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.5733 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.0233 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.6756 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.6111 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.0644 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.748 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.632 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.116 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 New Zealand?
- Australia, at 0.77 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants in New Zealand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dentists — health and social employment between Australia and New Zealand?
- 0.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
- How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
- Australia ranks 19th and New Zealand 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.