South Korea: Dentists per 1,000 people, 1981 - 2019:
For that indicator, we provide data for South Korea from 1981 to 2019. The average value for South Korea during that period was 0.3 dentists per 1,000 people with a minimum of 0.08 dentists per 1,000 people in 1981 and a maximum of 0.51 dentists per 1,000 people in 2019.
The latest value from 2019 is 0.51 dentists per 1,000 people. For comparison, the world average in 2019 based on 21
countries is 0.69 dentists per 1,000 people.
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Definition: The number of practicing dentists per 1,000 residents of the country.