Australia vs Spain: Dentists — Health and social employment
Dentists — Health and social employment over time
- Australia
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.77 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Australia, a difference of 0.11 Per 1 000 inhabitants.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 19th and Spain ranks 17th of 23 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5571 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.3657 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.1914 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.5813 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.49 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.0913 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.6756 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.7389 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.0633 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.748 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.86 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.112 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dentists — health and social employment, Australia or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.77 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dentists — health and social employment between Australia and Spain?
- 0.11 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Spain?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Spain rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
- Australia ranks 19th and Spain ranks 17th 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.