Dentists — Health and social employment in Poland
Poland: Dentists — Health and social employment was 1.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dentists — Health and social employment in Poland, 1999–2024
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 Poland is 1.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dentists — health and social employment in Poland peaked at 1.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants, in 1999.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Dentists — Health and social employment in Poland, year by year
| Year | Per 1 000 inhabitants | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants | — |
| 2000 | 0.89 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 0.86 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.9 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 0.89 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 0.9 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.92 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.93 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.95 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.97 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.99 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 1.01 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 1.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 1.04 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 1.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 1.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.08 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1.09 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 1.11 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.14 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 1.18 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 1.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 1.23 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 1.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.906 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.97 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 0.99 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.14 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is dentists — health and social employment in Poland?
- Dentists — health and social employment in Poland was 1.26 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2024.
- What is the lowest dentists — health and social employment recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 1999.
- How does Poland rank for dentists — health and social employment?
- Poland ranks 3rd out of 5 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dentists — health and social employment rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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.