Education > Primary education, teachers: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	China	5.94 million	2011
2	India	3.92 million	2011
3	European Union	2.11 million	2011
4	Indonesia	1.92 million	2011
5	United States	1.71 million	2011
	South Asia average (profile)	991,167.8	2011
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	639,453.09	1996
6	Nigeria	574,078	2010
	Emerging markets average (profile)	541,334	2008
7	Mexico	531,256	2011
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	525,720.83	2007
8	Bangladesh	458,389	2011
9	Brazil	457,406	1970
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	452,316.83	2011
10	Pakistan	438,161	2012
11	Philippines	435,385	2009
12	Japan	401,773	2011
13	Egypt	380,111	2010
14	Vietnam	366,045	2012
15	Thailand	347,959	2008
16	Democratic Republic of the Congo	345,486	2012
17	Saudi Arabia	315,626	2012
18	Argentina	288,776	2008
19	Iraq	286,890	2007
20	Iran	277,991	2009
21	Russia	277,657	2009
22	Italy	273,113	2007
23	Ethiopia	270,375	2012
24	United Kingdom	255,994	2011
25	Germany	252,845	2011
26	France	238,141	2011
27	South Africa	237,429	2012
28	Turkey	233,073	1995
29	Malaysia	231,683	2010
30	Spain	223,644	2011
31	Poland	215,813	2011
32	Colombia	189,335	2012
33	Peru	187,654	2011
34	Burma	181,666	2010
35	Tanzania	180,987	2012
	OPEC countries average (profile)	178,529	2007
36	Nepal	173,714	2012
37	Uganda	169,503	2011
38	South Korea	164,820	2011
39	Morocco	155,481	2012
40	Kenya	152,848	2009
41	Algeria	149,036	2012
42	Canada	141,045	2000
43	Uzbekistan	124,685	2011
44	Sudan	123,633	2009
45	Ghana	123,153	2012
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	122,426.29	2004
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	121,815.17	2009
46	Afghanistan	121,593	2011
47	Yemen	120,339	2011
48	Ecuador	116,411	2012
49	Syria	114,676	2002
50	Venezuela	112,157	1987
51	Australia	105,469	1999
52	Madagascar	102,229	2012
53	Guatemala	100,600	2011
54	Ukraine	98,491	2012
55	Mozambique	97,717	2012
56	Angola	93,734	2010
57	Cuba	88,699	2012
	NATO countries average (profile)	85,832.05	2001
58	Cameroon	84,467	2012
59	Sri Lanka	72,114	2011
	European Union average (profile)	71,950.23	2011
	Former French colonies average (profile)	70,241.64	2012
60	Cote d'Ivoire	70,016	2012
61	Chile	69,191	2011
62	Belgium	65,783	2011
63	Israel	65,704.88	2011
64	Portugal	64,929	2011
	Eurozone average (profile)	64,096.8	2010
65	Netherlands	63,872	1994
66	Zambia	63,697	2012
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	62,551.27	1983
67	Bolivia	62,430	2007
68	Sweden	62,429	2011
69	Kazakhstan	62,285	2012
70	Greece	62,114	2007
71	Zimbabwe	61,251	2003
72	Tunisia	61,031	2012
73	Senegal	56,284	2012
74	Niger	52,913	2012
75	Dominican Republic	51,464	2011
76	Malawi	49,775	2012
77	Burkina Faso	48,592	2012
78	Cambodia	48,002	2012
79	Romania	47,560	2011
80	Georgia	45,887	2012
81	Benin	45,010	2012
82	Haiti	44,472	1998
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	44,211.63	1999
83	Mali	43,629	2011
84	Libya	42,696	1983
85	Burundi	42,052	2012
86	Azerbaijan	41,221	2012
87	Rwanda	40,397	2012
88	Denmark	39,854	2001
89	Switzerland	39,700	1998
90	Jordan	39,441	2003
91	Sierra Leone	37,957	2012
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	37,408.83	2010
92	Honduras	37,370	2009
93	Guinea	36,731	2012
94	Hungary	36,716	2011
95	Chad	34,125	2012
96	Paraguay	33,434	2004
	failed states average (profile)	33,313.38	1972
97	Ireland	32,848	2011
98	Togo	32,825	2012
99	Laos	32,586	2012
100	Lebanon	31,816	2012
101	El Salvador	30,755	2011
102	Nicaragua	30,571	2010
103	Austria	29,957	2011
104	Costa Rica	29,233	2011
105	Tajikistan	28,799	2012
106	Kuwait	26,775	2012
107	Puerto Rico	25,708	2010
108	Finland	25,281	2011
109	Liberia	25,137	2011
110	Czech Republic	24,880.2	2011
111	Uruguay	24,785	2010
112	New Zealand	23,872	2011
113	Belarus	23,595	2012
114	Hong Kong	22,599	2012
115	Norway	22,303	1973
116	United Arab Emirates	20,259	2012
117	Panama	19,340	2012
118	Serbia	18,511	2012
119	Kyrgyzstan	16,959	2012
120	Singapore	16,893	2009
121	Republic of the Congo	16,527	2012
122	Oman	15,775	2003
123	Papua New Guinea	14,860	2006
124	Bulgaria	14,608	2011
125	Slovakia	13,875	2011
126	Mauritania	13,795	2012
127	Botswana	13,014	2009
128	Gabon	12,961	2011
129	Somalia	12,870	2007
130	Jamaica	12,032	2004
131	Croatia	11,726	2011
132	Lesotho	11,200	2012
133	Albania	10,605	2012
134	Qatar	10,566	2012
135	Namibia	10,213	2012
136	Latvia	9,959	2011
137	Lithuania	9,312	2011
138	Mongolia	8,916	2012
139	Moldova	8,747	2012
140	Central African Republic	8,267	2012
141	Swaziland	8,193	2011
142	Eritrea	8,166	2012
143	Bahrain	8,117	2012
144	East Timor	7,714	2011
145	Trinidad and Tobago	7,447	2009
146	The Gambia	7,206	2012
147	Republic of Macedonia	6,949	2010
148	Armenia	6,606	2007
149	Slovenia	6,401	2011
150	Estonia	6,200	2011
151	Mauritius	5,427	2012
152	Guinea-Bissau	5,371	2010
153	Solomon Islands	5,097	2012
154	Montenegro	5,048	2012
155	Suriname	4,697	2011
156	Bhutan	4,610	2012
157	Comoros	4,201	2011
158	Cyprus	4,045	2011
159	Brunei	4,038	2012
160	Guyana	4,012	2011
161	Luxembourg	3,786	2010
162	Equatorial Guinea	3,517	2012
163	Fiji	3,296	2011
164	Maldives	3,275	2011
165	Iceland	3,034	2011
166	Cape Verde	2,956	2012
167	Belize	2,486	2012
168	The Bahamas	2,402	2010
169	French Polynesia	2,052	1996
170	Vanuatu	1,931	2010
171	Malta	1,909	2011
172	Djibouti	1,821	2012
173	Barbados	1,720	2011
174	Macau	1,606	2012
175	Federated States of Micronesia	1,267	1971
176	Sao Tome and Principe	1,183	2012
177	New Caledonia	1,096	1991
178	Saint Lucia	1,054	2012
179	Samoa	1,021	2010
180	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	877	2012
181	Grenada	851	2010
182	Tonga	816	2012
183	Guam	775	1989
184	Antigua and Barbuda	748	2011
185	Seychelles	656	2011
186	Kiribati	645	2008
187	Aruba	604	2011
188	American Samoa	524	1992
189	Marshall Islands	517	2002
190	Dominica	516	2012
191	Bermuda	486	2011
192	Andorra	431	2012
193	Saint Kitts and Nevis	355	2012
194	Cayman Islands	330	2011
195	Liechtenstein	257	2011
196	San Marino	251	2012
197	Palau	124	2000
198	Turks and Caicos Islands	119	2003
199	Monaco	89	2001
200	Tuvalu	73	2004

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