Korea vs Lithuania: Dentists — Health and social employment
Dentists — Health and social employment over time
- Korea
- Lithuania
How they compare
Lithuania currently reports 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.68 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Korea, a difference of 0.76 Per 1 000 inhabitants.
That makes Lithuania's figure about 2.1 times Korea's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Lithuania has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 2nd and Lithuania ranks 2nd of 2 groups.
Lithuania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4133 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.4167 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 0.5656 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.27 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.7022 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.49 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.838 Per 1 000 inhabitants | Lithuania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dentists — health and social employment, Korea or Lithuania?
- Lithuania, at 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.68 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in dentists — health and social employment between Korea and Lithuania?
- 0.76 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Lithuania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Lithuania?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
- How do Korea and Lithuania rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
- Korea ranks 2nd and Lithuania ranks 2nd 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.