Dentists — Health and social employment in Israel
Israel: Dentists — Health and social employment was 1.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025. ▲ Rising
Dentists — Health and social employment in Israel, 1980–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Per 1 000 inhabitants.
Analysis
In 2025, dentists — health and social employment in Israel stood at 1.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dentists — health and social employment in Israel peaked at 1.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.62 Per 1 000 inhabitants, in 1980.
Israel ranks 4th of 23 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Dentists — Health and social employment in Israel, year by year
| Year | Per 1 000 inhabitants | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.62 Per 1 000 inhabitants | — |
| 1981 | 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 0.68 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 0.73 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 0.78 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 0.8 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.84 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 0.87 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 0.92 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 0.98 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 1.08 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 1.16 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 1.16 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 1.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.17 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 1.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 1.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1.21 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.23 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.23 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 1.24 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 1.24 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.25 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1.27 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 1.3 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 1.31 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.33 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 1.34 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1.36 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 1.38 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 1.42 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 1.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.1% |
| 2025 | 1.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.787 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.62 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.98 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.16 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.08 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.21 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.23 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.33 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.34 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 6 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 1 Estonia 1.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 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 Latvia 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 5 Netherlands 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 5 Serbia 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 6 Denmark 1.43 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 7 Iceland 1.3 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
More work & labour data for Israel
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.4941 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.4851 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.5042 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.72 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 11,997 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 579.95 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 9,762 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 9,985 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 19,747 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dentists — health and social employment in Israel?
- Dentists — health and social employment in Israel was 1.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest dentists — health and social employment recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025.
- What is the lowest dentists — health and social employment recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.62 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 1980.
- How does Israel rank for dentists — health and social employment?
- Israel ranks 4th out of 23 countries with data for 2025.
- Is dentists — health and social employment rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.