Dentists — Health and social employment in Malta
Malta: Dentists — Health and social employment was 0.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dentists — Health and social employment in Malta, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Per 1 000 inhabitants.
Analysis
Malta recorded 0.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants for dentists — health and social employment in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dentists — health and social employment in Malta peaked at 0.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants, in 1981.
That places Malta 21st out of 23 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Dentists — Health and social employment in Malta, year by year
| Year | Per 1 000 inhabitants | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants | — |
| 1982 | 0.17 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +13.3% |
| 1984 | 0.16 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 0.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +62.5% |
| 1988 | 0.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.3 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 0.32 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 0.35 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +9.4% |
| 1999 | 0.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +17.1% |
| 2000 | 0.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.42 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 0.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 0.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.43 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 0.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 0.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.51 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.53 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 0.54 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.54 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.55 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.56 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.56 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.58 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.57 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.59 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 0.68 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +15.3% |
| 2023 | 0.7 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 0.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.21 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 6 |
| 1990s | 0.345 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.3 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.438 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.537 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.58 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.652 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.57 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 5 |
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More work & labour data for Malta
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.8118 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.7863 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.8415 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.79 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate -0.2041 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 404.95 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 14.3 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 168.51 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 191.42 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 359.93 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dentists — health and social employment in Malta?
- Dentists — health and social employment in Malta was 0.72 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024.
- What is the lowest dentists — health and social employment recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 1981.
- How does Malta rank for dentists — health and social employment?
- Malta ranks 21st out of 23 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dentists — health and social employment rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.