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South Africa: Dental Assistants and Therapists
5998count · 2024+46.2% since 2012
Dental Assistants and Therapists (number). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator HWF_0012. Annual figures for South Africa from 2010 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,998 | |
| 2023 | 5,882 | |
| 2022 | 6,059 | |
| 2021 | 6,166 | |
| 2020 | 6,323 | |
| 2017 | 6,948 | |
| 2016 | 5,484 | |
| 2015 | 4,785 | |
| 2014 | 4,687 | |
| 2013 | 4,625 | |
| 2012 | 4,104 | |
| 2011 | 3,792 | |
| 2010 | 3,516 |
Source
Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
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World Health Organization (2026). Dental Assistants and Therapists. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-hwf-0012 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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- Georgia
- Germany
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- Greece
- Grenada
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- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Korea, Republic of
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
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- Mali
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- Serbia
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