Chile vs Sweden: Dentists — Health and social employment

Chile
1.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2025
Sweden
1.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2024
Chile rank
2nd
Sweden rank
1st

Dentists — Health and social employment over time

  • Chile
  • Sweden
0.511.52198020022025

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 1.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 1.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Chile, a difference of 0.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants.

Across all 15 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Chile ranks 2nd and Sweden ranks 1st of 23 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Sweden Difference Ahead
2010s 0.936 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1.73 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.794 Per 1 000 inhabitants Sweden
2020s 1.56 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1.8 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.24 Per 1 000 inhabitants Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher dentists — health and social employment, Chile or Sweden?
Sweden, at 1.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 1.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Chile as of 2024.
What is the difference in dentists — health and social employment between Chile and Sweden?
0.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Sweden?
15 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2024.
How do Chile and Sweden rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
Chile ranks 2nd and Sweden ranks 1st 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.