Dentists — Health and social employment in Netherlands
Netherlands: Dentists — Health and social employment was 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dentists — Health and social employment in Netherlands, 1980–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Per 1 000 inhabitants.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants for dentists — health and social employment in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dentists — health and social employment in Netherlands peaked at 0.69 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants, in 1980.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Dentists — Health and social employment in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Per 1 000 inhabitants | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants | — |
| 1981 | 0.42 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 0.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 0.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 0.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 0.49 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.51 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 0.52 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 0.53 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.53 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.53 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.49 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 0.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 0.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.47 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 0.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.49 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 0.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.51 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.52 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.53 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.54 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.55 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 0.56 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.58 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 0.59 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.6 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.61 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 0.64 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.64 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.66 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.68 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.69 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.57 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -17.4% |
| 2018 | 0.58 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.6 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.62 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 0.64 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.61 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.478 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.53 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.478 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.53 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.548 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.6 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.57 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.69 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.61 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 5 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
- 2 Chile 1.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 3 Norway 1.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
- 4 Israel 1.47 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
- 8 Germany 1.27 Per 1 000 inhabitants compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is dentists — health and social employment in Netherlands?
- Dentists — health and social employment in Netherlands was 0.63 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.69 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2016.
- What is the lowest dentists — health and social employment recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 1980.
- How does Netherlands rank for dentists — health and social employment?
- Netherlands ranks 5th out of 5 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dentists — health and social employment rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.