Canada vs Malta: Dentists — Health and social employment
Dentists — Health and social employment over time
- Canada
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Canada, a difference of 0.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 22nd and Malta ranks 21st of 23 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4933 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.21 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.2833 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Canada |
| 1990s | 0.55 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.36 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.19 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Canada |
| 2000s | 0.579 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.438 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.141 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Canada |
| 2010s | 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.537 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.093 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.66 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.652 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.008 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dentists — health and social employment, Canada or Malta?
- Malta, at 0.72 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 Canada and Malta?
- 0.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Malta?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Malta rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
- Canada ranks 22nd 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
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.