Netherlands vs Norway: Dentists — Health and social employment

Netherlands
0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2024
Norway
1.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2024
Netherlands rank
5th
Norway rank
3rd

Dentists — Health and social employment over time

  • Netherlands
  • Norway
0.50.7511.21.5198020022024

How they compare

Norway currently reports 1.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Netherlands, a difference of 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants.

That makes Norway's figure about 2.3 times Netherlands's.

Across all 23 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.

Netherlands ranks 5th and Norway ranks 3rd of 5 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands Norway Difference Ahead
2000s 0.5587 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.665 Per 1 000 inhabitants Norway
2010s 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1.32 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.694 Per 1 000 inhabitants Norway
2020s 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.828 Per 1 000 inhabitants Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher dentists — health and social employment, Netherlands or Norway?
Norway, at 1.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Netherlands as of 2024.
What is the difference in dentists — health and social employment between Netherlands and Norway?
0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Norway?
23 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2024.
How do Netherlands and Norway rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
Netherlands ranks 5th and Norway ranks 3rd of 5 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.