Korea vs Latvia: Dentists — Health and social employment
Dentists — Health and social employment over time
- Korea
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.68 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Korea, a difference of 0.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.6 times Korea's.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Latvia has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 2nd and Latvia ranks 4th of 2 groups.
Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.605 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.935 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.33 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Latvia |
| 2020s | 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.368 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dentists — health and social employment, Korea or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.68 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dentists — health and social employment between Korea and Latvia?
- 0.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Latvia?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2018 to 2024.
- How do Korea and Latvia rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
- Korea ranks 2nd and Latvia ranks 4th of 2 groups.
- 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.