Dentists — Health and social employment in Estonia
Estonia: Dentists — Health and social employment was 1.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dentists — Health and social employment in Estonia, 2005–2024
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 Estonia is 1.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dentists — health and social employment in Estonia peaked at 1.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants, in 2005.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Dentists — Health and social employment in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Per 1 000 inhabitants | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants | — |
| 2006 | 1.04 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 1.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 1.11 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 1.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.14 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 1.17 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 1.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 1.23 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1.25 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.29 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 1.33 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 1.36 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1.38 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.39 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 1.43 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 1.43 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.43 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.27 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.14 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.39 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.43 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 5 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 1 Sweden 1.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 1 Croatia 1.46 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 Estonia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 42.7 Persons (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 21.94 Persons (2022)
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 75.4% (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 81.7% (2025)
- Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 1,012 Thousand persons (2025)
- Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 1,012 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 693.1 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 693.1 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 693.1 Thousand persons (2025)
- Labour force by NUTS 2 region 749.3 Thousand persons (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dentists — health and social employment in Estonia?
- Dentists — health and social employment in Estonia was 1.45 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 Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024.
- What is the lowest dentists — health and social employment recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2005.
- How does Estonia rank for dentists — health and social employment?
- Estonia ranks 1st out of 5 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dentists — health and social employment rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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.