Dentists — Health and social employment in Latvia

Latvia: Dentists — Health and social employment was 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
4th
of 5 countries
All-time high
1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2024
All-time low
0.93 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2018
Years of data
7
2018–2024

Dentists — Health and social employment in Latvia, 2018–2024

00.250.50.7512018202120242018: 0.93 Per 1 000 inhabitants2019: 0.94 Per 1 000 inhabitants2020: 0.95 Per 1 000 inhabitants2021: 0.96 Per 1 000 inhabitants2022: 1 Per 1 000 inhabitants2023: 1.1 Per 1 000 inhabitants2024: 1.1 Per 1 000 inhabitants

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

Annual values for Dentists — Health and social employment in Latvia, 2018 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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. 1 Estonia 1.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  2. 1 Sweden 1.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  3. 1 Croatia 1.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  4. 2 Chile 1.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  5. 2 Lithuania 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  6. 3 Norway 1.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  7. 3 Poland 1.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  8. 4 Israel 1.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  9. 5 Netherlands 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  10. 5 Serbia 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  11. 6 Denmark 1.43 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  12. 7 Iceland 1.3 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare

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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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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.