In 2021, at 0.0089 South Korea had the highest number of plastic surgery per capita, this was followed by Argentina. In third place was Brazil with 7.62 plastic surgeries per 1,000 population. Even though the United States was the country with the highest number of surgical cosmetic procedures in total in 2021, the U.S. only ranked sixth in terms of number of plastic surgery per capita worldwide. In 2022, Brazil has overtaken the U.S. for the highest number of surgical cosmetic procedures worldwide.
Countries with the highest rates of plastic surgeries in 2021
(per 1,000 population)
*Rates per capita have been multiplied by 1,000 for ease of reading.
Plastic surgeries include only surgical cosmetic procedures, therefore does NOT include non-invasive procedures such as Botox
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