Dentists — Health and social employment in Lithuania

Lithuania: Dentists — Health and social employment was 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants
Change on year
down 3.4%
Rank
2nd
of 5 groups
All-time high
1.52 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2023
All-time low
0.8 Per 1 000 inhabitants
in 2001
Years of data
18
2001–2025

Dentists — Health and social employment in Lithuania, 2001–2025

00.511.52001201320252001: 0.8 Per 1 000 inhabitants2002: 0.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants2003: 0.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants2011: 1.1 Per 1 000 inhabitants2012: 1.1 Per 1 000 inhabitants2013: 1.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants2014: 1.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants2015: 1.3 Per 1 000 inhabitants2016: 1.3 Per 1 000 inhabitants2017: 1.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants2018: 1.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants2019: 1.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants2020: 1.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants2021: 1.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants2022: 1.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants2023: 1.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants2024: 1.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants2025: 1.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Per 1 000 inhabitants.

Analysis

Lithuania recorded 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants for dentists — health and social employment in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, dentists — health and social employment in Lithuania peaked at 1.52 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8 Per 1 000 inhabitants, in 2001.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.

Dentists — Health and social employment in Lithuania, year by year

Annual values for Dentists — Health and social employment in Lithuania, 2001 to 2025.
Year Per 1 000 inhabitants Change
2001 0.8 Per 1 000 inhabitants
2002 0.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants +1.3%
2003 0.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants +8.6%
2011 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants +23.9%
2012 1.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants +5.5%
2013 1.22 Per 1 000 inhabitants +6.1%
2014 1.21 Per 1 000 inhabitants -0.8%
2015 1.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants +4.1%
2016 1.32 Per 1 000 inhabitants +4.8%
2017 1.36 Per 1 000 inhabitants +3.0%
2018 1.39 Per 1 000 inhabitants +2.2%
2019 1.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants +1.4%
2020 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants +2.1%
2021 1.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants +2.8%
2022 1.51 Per 1 000 inhabitants +2.0%
2023 1.52 Per 1 000 inhabitants +0.7%
2024 1.49 Per 1 000 inhabitants -2.0%
2025 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants -3.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.8 Per 1 000 inhabitants 0.88 Per 1 000 inhabitants 3
2010s 1.27 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants 9
2020s 1.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants 1.52 Per 1 000 inhabitants 6

Countries ranked near Lithuania

  1. 1 Sweden 1.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  2. 2 Chile 1.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  3. 3 Norway 1.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  4. 4 Israel 1.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
  5. 5 Serbia 1.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is dentists — health and social employment in Lithuania?
Dentists — health and social employment in Lithuania was 1.44 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 Lithuania?
The highest recorded value was 1.52 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2023.
What is the lowest dentists — health and social employment recorded in Lithuania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2001.
How does Lithuania rank for dentists — health and social employment?
Lithuania ranks 2nd out of 5 groups with data for 2025.
Is dentists — health and social employment rising or falling in Lithuania?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Lithuania 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.