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Education Statistics > Primary education, teachers (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   China: 5,747,325   2004 Time series
# 2   India: 3,387,905   2004 Time series
# 3   United States: 1,728,192   2004 Time series
# 4   Indonesia: 1,447,984   2004 Time series
# 5   Brazil: 877,204   2003 Time series
# 6   Nigeria: 598,981   2005 Time series
# 7   Mexico: 519,161   2004 Time series
# 8   Pakistan: 450,136   2005 Time series
# 9   Iran: 380,199   2005 Time series
# 10   Japan: 378,950   2004 Time series
# 11   Philippines: 376,988   2004 Time series
# 12   Egypt: 362,679   2004 Time series
# 13   Vietnam: 360,624   2005 Time series
# 14   Bangladesh: 352,683   2004 Time series
# 15   Russia: 320,168   2004 Time series
# 16   Thailand: 298,270   2003 Time series
# 17   Argentina: 269,587.5   2003 Time series
# 18   Italy: 260,769.1   2004 Time series
# 19   United Kingdom: 258,966   2004 Time series
# 20   Germany: 232,936.5   2004 Time series
# 21   Poland: 226,099   2004 Time series
# 22   Turkey: 225,852   1991 Time series
# 23   Iraq: 215,795   2005 Time series
# 24   South Africa: 208,877   2004 Time series
# 25   France: 202,954   2004 Time series
# 26   Colombia: 186,898   2005 Time series
# 27   Peru: 185,829   2004 Time series
# 28   Venezuela: 184,409   2005 Time series
# 29   Spain: 179,271   2004 Time series
# 30   Malaysia: 174,504   2003 Time series
# 31   Algeria: 171,471   2005 Time series
# 32   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 162,797   2003 Time series
# 33   Burma: 160,110   2005 Time series
# 34   Kenya: 153,678   2005 Time series
# 35   Morocco: 148,438   2005 Time series
# 36   Uganda: 143,247   2005 Time series
# 37   Korea, South: 142,153   2005 Time series
# 38   Canada: 141,045   2001 Time series
# 39   Tanzania: 135,013   2005 Time series
# 40   Saudi Arabia: 119,881   1991 Time series
# 41   Yemen: 118,936   2004 Time series
# 42   Sudan: 118,094   2005 Time series
# 43   Syria: 114,676   2002 Time series
# 44   Ethiopia: 110,945   2005 Time series
# 45   Australia: 105,469   1999 Time series
# 46   Ukraine: 104,028   2005 Time series
# 47   Nepal: 101,483   2005 Time series
# 48   Ghana: 89,278   2005 Time series
# 49   Cuba: 86,827   2005 Time series
# 50   Ecuador: 86,472   2005 Time series
# 51   Libya: 85,537   1991 Time series
# 52   Guatemala: 75,519   2005 Time series
# 53   Uzbekistan: 73,800   1991 Time series
# 54   Sri Lanka: 71,669   2004 Time series
# 55   Sweden: 68,325   2004 Time series
# 56   Madagascar: 67,137   2005 Time series
# 57   Portugal: 65,548   2004 Time series
# 58   Belgium: 64,556   2004 Time series
# 59   Bolivia: 64,426   2004 Time series
# 60   Chile: 64,334   2004 Time series
# 61   Netherlands: 63,022   1991 Time series
# 62   Israel: 62,387   2004 Time series
# 63   Cameroon: 62,280   2005 Time series
# 64   Zimbabwe: 61,251   2003 Time series
# 65   Tunisia: 59,610   2004 Time series
# 66   Mozambique: 59,434   2005 Time series
# 67   Kazakhstan: 59,293   2005 Time series
# 68   Greece: 58,395   2004 Time series
# 69   Romania: 57,536   2004 Time series
# 70   Dominican Republic: 53,015   2005 Time series
# 71   Afghanistan: 51,802   2005 Time series
# 72   Cambodia: 50,654   2005 Time series
# 73   Zambia: 50,224   2005 Time series
# 74   Côte d'Ivoire: 48,308   2003 Time series
# 75   Hungary: 42,643   2004 Time series
# 76   Azerbaijan: 42,243   2005 Time series
# 77   Norway: 41,161   2004 Time series
# 78   Denmark: 39,854   2001 Time series
# 79   Jordan: 39,441   2003 Time series
# 80   Honduras: 38,212   2004 Time series
# 81   El Salvador: 35,315   2005 Time series
# 82   Senegal: 34,656   2005 Time series
# 83   Paraguay: 33,607   2003 Time series
# 84   Tajikistan: 32,498   2005 Time series
# 85   Angola: 32,144   1998 Time series
# 86   Lebanon: 31,752   2005 Time series
# 87   Czech Republic: 29,908.1   2004 Time series
# 88   Togo: 29,668   2005 Time series
# 89   Austria: 28,397   2004 Time series
# 90   Laos: 28,299   2005 Time series
# 91   Nicaragua: 28,163   2005 Time series
# 92   Benin: 28,148   2005 Time series
# 93   Rwanda: 27,793   2005 Time series
# 94   Mali: 27,688   2005 Time series
# 95   Burkina Faso: 26,938   2005 Time series
# 96   Guinea: 26,897   2005 Time series
# 97   Costa Rica: 25,399   2005 Time series
# 98   Ireland: 24,792   2004 Time series
# 99   Hong Kong: 24,591   2005 Time series
# 100   Niger: 24,362   2005 Time series
# 101   Finland: 24,313   2004 Time series
# 102   Haiti: 24,078   1991 Time series
# 103   Belarus: 23,671   2005 Time series
# 104   Malawi: 22,942   1991 Time series
# 105   New Zealand: 21,562   2004 Time series
# 106   Burundi: 21,289   2005 Time series
# 107   Chad: 19,989   2005 Time series
# 108   Sierra Leone: 19,316   2005 Time series
= 109   Papua New Guinea: 19,204   2003 Time series
= 109   Serbia and Montenegro: 19,204   2001 Time series
# 111   Bulgaria: 18,762   2004 Time series
# 112   Panama: 17,751   2005 Time series
# 113   Kyrgyzstan: 17,729   2005 Time series
# 114   Uruguay: 17,547   2003 Time series
# 115   United Arab Emirates: 17,255   2005 Time series
# 116   Kuwait: 16,815   2005 Time series
# 117   Georgia: 16,500   2003 Time series
# 118   Slovakia: 14,420   2004 Time series
# 119   Oman: 13,394   2001 Time series
# 120   Liberia: 12,966   2000 Time series
# 121   Botswana: 12,717   2004 Time series
# 122   Namibia: 12,173   2005 Time series
# 123   Jamaica: 12,032   2004 Time series
# 124   Albania: 11,653   2004 Time series
# 125   Lithuania: 11,561   2004 Time series
# 126   Mauritania: 11,001   2005 Time series
# 127   Croatia: 10,832   2003 Time series
# 128   Moldova: 10,259   2005 Time series
# 129   Lesotho: 10,153   2005 Time series
# 130   Singapore: 9,843   1991 Time series
# 131   Eritrea: 7,942   2005 Time series
# 132   Trinidad and Tobago: 7,839   2005 Time series
# 133   Gabon: 7,807   2004 Time series
# 134   Estonia: 7,702   2002 Time series
# 135   Mongolia: 7,338   2005 Time series
# 136   Congo, Republic of the: 7,214   2005 Time series
# 137   Latvia: 7,124   2004 Time series
# 138   Swaziland: 6,758   2004 Time series
# 139   Qatar: 6,298   2005 Time series
# 140   Slovenia: 6,185   2004 Time series
# 141   Armenia: 5,904   2005 Time series
# 142   Macedonia, Republic of: 5,681   2004 Time series
# 143   Mauritius: 5,531   2005 Time series
# 144   Gambia, The: 4,956   2004 Time series
# 145   Bahrain: 4,953   2002 Time series
# 146   Brunei: 4,548   2005 Time series
# 147   Guyana: 4,164   2004 Time series
# 148   Fiji: 4,036   2005 Time series
# 149   Central African Republic: 4,004   1991 Time series
# 150   East Timor: 3,541   2005 Time series
# 151   Suriname: 3,520   2005 Time series
# 152   Guinea-Bissau: 3,518   2001 Time series
# 153   Cyprus: 3,506   2004 Time series
# 154   Bhutan: 3,203   2005 Time series
# 155   Cape Verde: 3,190   2005 Time series
# 156   Comoros: 3,050   2005 Time series
# 157   Solomon Islands: 3,014   1999 Time series
# 158   Luxembourg: 3,002   2004 Time series
# 159   Iceland: 2,942   2004 Time series
# 160   Maldives: 2,882   2005 Time series
= 161   Bahamas, The: 2,307   2005 Time series
= 161   Equatorial Guinea: 2,307   2003 Time series
# 163   Belize: 2,179   2005 Time series
# 164   Vanuatu: 1,966   2005 Time series
# 165   Malta: 1,654   2004 Time series
# 166   Macau: 1,609   2005 Time series
# 167   Barbados: 1,469   2005 Time series
# 168   Djibouti: 1,466   2005 Time series
# 169   Samoa: 1,245   2004 Time series
# 170   Netherlands Antilles: 1,145   2003 Time series
# 171   Saint Lucia: 1,073   2005 Time series
# 172   Virgin Islands: 1,010   1991 Time series
# 173   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 994   2005 Time series
# 174   São Tomé and Príncipe: 990   2005 Time series
# 175   Grenada: 909   2005 Time series
# 176   Tonga: 834   2005 Time series
# 177   Antigua and Barbuda: 695   2000 Time series
# 178   Seychelles: 655   2004 Time series
# 179   Kiribati: 654   2005 Time series
# 180   Bermuda: 571   2005 Time series
# 181   Aruba: 567   2005 Time series
# 182   Marshall Islands: 526   2003 Time series
# 183   Dominica: 519   2005 Time series
# 184   American Samoa: 475   1991 Time series
# 185   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 360   2005 Time series
# 186   Andorra: 356   2005 Time series
# 187   Liechtenstein: 260   2004 Time series
# 188   Cayman Islands: 253   2005 Time series
# 189   San Marino: 228   2004 Time series
# 190   Monaco: 131   2004 Time series
# 191   Palau: 124   2000 Time series
Total: 26,108,682.2   
Weighted average: 136,694.7   



DEFINITION: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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