Finland vs Spain: Dentists — Health and social employment

Finland
0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2025
Spain
0.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2024
Finland rank
18th
Spain rank
17th

Dentists — Health and social employment over time

  • Finland
  • Spain
0.20.40.60.81198020022025

How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Finland, a difference of 0.03 Per 1 000 inhabitants.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Finland ahead.

Finland ranks 18th and Spain ranks 17th of 23 countries.

Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland Spain Difference Ahead
1980s 0.665 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.147 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.518 Per 1 000 inhabitants Finland
1990s 0.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.342 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.538 Per 1 000 inhabitants Finland
2000s 0.893 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.502 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.391 Per 1 000 inhabitants Finland
2010s 0.866 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.725 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.141 Per 1 000 inhabitants Finland
2020s 0.866 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.86 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.006 Per 1 000 inhabitants Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher dentists — health and social employment, Finland or Spain?
Spain, at 0.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Finland as of 2024.
What is the difference in dentists — health and social employment between Finland and Spain?
0.03 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Spain?
45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Finland and Spain rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
Finland ranks 18th 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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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.