Dentists — Health and social employment in New Zealand
New Zealand: Dentists — Health and social employment was 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025. ▲ Rising
Dentists — Health and social employment in New Zealand, 2005–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Per 1 000 inhabitants.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants for dentists — health and social employment in 2025. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dentists — health and social employment in New Zealand peaked at 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.55 Per 1 000 inhabitants, in 2005.
New Zealand ranks 22nd of 23 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Dentists — Health and social employment in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Per 1 000 inhabitants | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.55 Per 1 000 inhabitants | — |
| 2006 | 0.58 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 0.59 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.57 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 0.59 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 0.59 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.6 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.62 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 0.62 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.61 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.61 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.61 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.61 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.62 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.64 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.576 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.55 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.59 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.609 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.59 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.62 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.635 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 6 |
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.0721 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.0776 % change on previous year (2100)
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- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 511.04 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,819 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,994 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,812 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dentists — health and social employment in New Zealand?
- Dentists — health and social employment in New Zealand was 0.65 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.65 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2025.
- What is the lowest dentists — health and social employment recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.55 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2005.
- How does New Zealand rank for dentists — health and social employment?
- New Zealand ranks 22nd out of 23 countries with data for 2025.
- Is dentists — health and social employment rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.