Dentists — Health and social employment in Latvia
Latvia: Dentists — Health and social employment was 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dentists — Health and social employment in Latvia, 2018–2024
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 Latvia is 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Dentists — Health and social employment in Latvia, year by year
| Year | Per 1 000 inhabitants | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 0.93 Per 1 000 inhabitants | — |
| 2019 | 0.94 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.95 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.96 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 1.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 1.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.935 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.93 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.94 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2 |
| 2020s | 1.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.95 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 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 Israel 1.47 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 Latvia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 62.58 Persons (2022)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 26.74 Persons (2022)
- Labour force by NUTS 2 region 948.9 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 71.9% (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 77.6% (2025)
- Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 1,369 Thousand persons (2025)
- Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 1,369 Thousand persons (2025)
- Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 883.1 Thousand persons (2025)
- Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 69.3% (2025)
- Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 883.1 Thousand persons (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dentists — health and social employment in Latvia?
- Dentists — health and social employment in Latvia was 1.09 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 Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024.
- What is the lowest dentists — health and social employment recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.93 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2018.
- How does Latvia rank for dentists — health and social employment?
- Latvia ranks 4th out of 5 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dentists — health and social employment rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia 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.