Canada vs New Zealand: Dentists — Health and social employment

Canada
0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2024
New Zealand
0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2025
Canada rank
22nd
New Zealand rank
22nd

Dentists — Health and social employment over time

  • Canada
  • New Zealand
00.20.40.6198020022025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants in New Zealand, a difference of 0 Per 1 000 inhabitants.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 22nd and New Zealand ranks 22nd of 23 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada New Zealand Difference Ahead
2000s 0.586 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.576 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.01 Per 1 000 inhabitants Canada
2010s 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.609 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.021 Per 1 000 inhabitants Canada
2020s 0.66 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.632 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.028 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 New Zealand?
Canada, at 0.65 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 Canada and New Zealand?
0 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and New Zealand?
20 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
How do Canada and New Zealand rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
Canada ranks 22nd 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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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.