Netherlands vs Serbia: Dentists — Health and social employment

Netherlands
0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2024
Serbia
1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2024
Netherlands rank
5th
Serbia rank
5th

Dentists — Health and social employment over time

  • Netherlands
  • Serbia
0.50.7511.21.5198020022024

How they compare

Serbia currently reports 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants against 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Netherlands, a difference of 0.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants.

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

Across all 16 years both countries report, Serbia has been ahead every year.

Netherlands ranks 5th and Serbia ranks 5th of 5 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands Serbia Difference Ahead
2000s 0.6 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants Serbia
2010s 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.39 Per 1 000 inhabitants Serbia
2020s 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1.39 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.762 Per 1 000 inhabitants Serbia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher dentists — health and social employment, Netherlands or Serbia?
Serbia, at 1.44 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 Serbia?
0.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants, with Serbia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Serbia?
16 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2024.
How do Netherlands and Serbia rank globally for dentists — health and social employment?
Netherlands ranks 5th and Serbia ranks 5th 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.