Dentists — Health and social employment in Croatia
Croatia: Dentists — Health and social employment was 1.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dentists — Health and social employment in Croatia, 2019–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Per 1 000 inhabitants.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dentists — health and social employment in Croatia is 1.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Dentists — Health and social employment in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Per 1 000 inhabitants | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants | — |
| 2020 | 1.34 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 1.37 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 1.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 1.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1 |
| 2020s | 1.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.34 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 5 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
- 1 Estonia 1.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 1 Sweden 1.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 2 Chile 1.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 2 Lithuania 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 3 Norway 1.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 3 Poland 1.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 4 Israel 1.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 4 Latvia 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
More work & labour data for Croatia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 109.85 Persons (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 106.19 Persons (2022)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 72.4% (2025)
- Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 2,946 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 1,700 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 1,700 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 1,700 Thousand persons (2025)
- Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 37.5 Hour (2025)
- Labour force by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 1,786 Thousand persons (2025)
- Labour force by NUTS 2 region 1,786 Thousand persons (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dentists — health and social employment in Croatia?
- Dentists — health and social employment in Croatia was 1.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest dentists — health and social employment recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024.
- What is the lowest dentists — health and social employment recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.28 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2019.
- How does Croatia rank for dentists — health and social employment?
- Croatia ranks 1st out of 2 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dentists — health and social employment rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Dentists — Health and social employment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.