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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Libya: 19.304 per 1,000 people  1991 Time series
# 2   Brunei: 12.166 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 3   Iceland: 10.072 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 4   Virgin Islands: 9.601 per 1,000 people  1991 Time series
# 5   Vanuatu: 9.301 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 6   Israel: 9.17 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 7   Antigua and Barbuda: 9.087 per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 8   Bermuda: 9.028 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 9   Norway: 8.964 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 10   Marshall Islands: 8.915 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 11   Lebanon: 8.877 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 12   Maldives: 8.755 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 13   Grenada: 8.535 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 14   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 8.349 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 15   American Samoa: 8.333 per 1,000 people  1991 Time series
# 16   Tonga: 8.152 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 17   San Marino: 8.143 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 18   Suriname: 7.835 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 19   Seychelles: 7.831 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 20   Qatar: 7.748 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 21   Cuba: 7.705 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 22   Sweden: 7.598 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 23   Liechtenstein: 7.547 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 24   Jordan: 7.541 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 25   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 7.5 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 26   Belize: 7.467 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 27   Denmark: 7.442 per 1,000 people  2001 Time series
# 28   Solomon Islands: 7.4 per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 29   Dominica: 7.208 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 30   Botswana: 7.189 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 31   Bolivia: 7.151 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
= 32   Malaysia: 7.141 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
= 32   Bahamas, The: 7.141 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 34   Bahrain: 7.117 per 1,000 people  2002 Time series
# 35   Argentina: 7.093 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 36   Saudi Arabia: 7.088 per 1,000 people  1991 Time series
# 37   Venezuela: 6.939 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 38   Samoa: 6.776 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 39   Peru: 6.742 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 40   Indonesia: 6.655 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 41   Kuwait: 6.632 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 42   Luxembourg: 6.623 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 43   Kiribati: 6.606 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 44   Ecuador: 6.537 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 45   Saint Lucia: 6.511 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 46   Syria: 6.485 per 1,000 people  2002 Time series
# 47   Netherlands Antilles: 6.403 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 48   São Tomé and Príncipe: 6.325 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
= 49   Cape Verde: 6.294 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
= 49   Palau: 6.294 per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 51   Portugal: 6.241 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 52   Belgium: 6.195 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 53   Ireland: 6.094 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 54   Swaziland: 6.035 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 55   Trinidad and Tobago: 6.006 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 56   Tunisia: 6.002 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 57   Guatemala: 5.994 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 58   Namibia: 5.993 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 59   Dominican Republic: 5.96 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 60   Poland: 5.922 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 61   Paraguay: 5.919 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 62   United States: 5.885 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 63   Costa Rica: 5.87 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 64   Yemen: 5.85 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 65   Iraq: 5.808 per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 66   Gabon: 5.731 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 67   Estonia: 5.669 per 1,000 people  2002 Time series
# 68   Lesotho: 5.657 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 69   Aruba: 5.653 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 70   Cayman Islands: 5.622 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 71   Australia: 5.573 per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 72   Iran: 5.571 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 73   Guyana: 5.55 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 74   Panama: 5.493 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 75   Nicaragua: 5.469 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 76   Barbados: 5.45 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 77   Honduras: 5.421 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 78   Oman: 5.42 per 1,000 people  2001 Time series
# 79   Andorra: 5.378 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 80   New Zealand: 5.309 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 81   Greece: 5.279 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 82   Algeria: 5.219 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 83   Uruguay: 5.138 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 84   El Salvador: 5.132 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 85   Mexico: 5.087 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 86   Comoros: 5.079 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 87   Azerbaijan: 5.036 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 88   Bhutan: 5.031 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 89   Tajikistan: 4.994 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 90   Egypt: 4.993 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 91   Uganda: 4.971 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 92   Morocco: 4.92 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 93   Brazil: 4.836 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 94   Togo: 4.828 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 95   Equatorial Guinea: 4.795 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 96   Laos: 4.777 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 97   Zimbabwe: 4.762 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 98   Fiji: 4.761 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 99   Cyprus: 4.739 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 100   Thailand: 4.724 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 101   Finland: 4.65 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 102   Philippines: 4.619 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
= 103   Jamaica: 4.554 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
= 103   Nigeria: 4.554 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 105   Canada: 4.538 per 1,000 people  2001 Time series
# 106   South Africa: 4.506 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 107   Kenya: 4.486 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 108   Italy: 4.482 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 109   Mauritius: 4.449 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 110   China: 4.434 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 111   Vietnam: 4.339 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 112   United Kingdom: 4.328 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 113   Zambia: 4.304 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 114   Liberia: 4.23 per 1,000 people  2000 Time series
# 115   Hungary: 4.219 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 116   Spain: 4.199 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 117   Netherlands: 4.182 per 1,000 people  1991 Time series
# 118   Malta: 4.122 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 119   Colombia: 4.099 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 120   Ghana: 4.037 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 121   Chile: 3.99 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 122   Monaco: 3.97 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 123   Turkey: 3.944 per 1,000 people  1991 Time series
# 124   Kazakhstan: 3.915 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 125   Cameroon: 3.816 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 126   United Arab Emirates: 3.806 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 127   Albania: 3.745 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 128   Nepal: 3.74 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 129   Sri Lanka: 3.683 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 130   East Timor: 3.63 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 131   Georgia: 3.615 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 132   Madagascar: 3.608 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 133   Cambodia: 3.6 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 134   Mauritania: 3.585 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 135   Hong Kong: 3.542 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
= 136   Tanzania: 3.522 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
= 136   Uzbekistan: 3.522 per 1,000 people  1991 Time series
# 138   Macau: 3.497 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 139   Sierra Leone: 3.496 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 140   Austria: 3.474 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 141   Kyrgyzstan: 3.447 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 142   Haiti: 3.446 per 1,000 people  1991 Time series
# 143   Papua New Guinea: 3.396 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 144   Lithuania: 3.365 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 145   Gambia, The: 3.354 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 146   France: 3.353 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 147   Benin: 3.336 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 148   Sudan: 3.259 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 149   Burma: 3.169 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 150   Singapore: 3.139 per 1,000 people  1991 Time series
# 151   India: 3.138 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 152   Slovenia: 3.097 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 153   Latvia: 3.08 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 154   Rwanda: 3.075 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 155   Mozambique: 3.003 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 156   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 3.002 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 157   Senegal: 2.973 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 158   Japan: 2.966 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 159   Korea, South: 2.943 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 160   Czech Republic: 2.93 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 161   Pakistan: 2.89 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 162   Mongolia: 2.873 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 163   Guinea: 2.861 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 164   Germany: 2.823 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 165   Burundi: 2.821 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 166   Macedonia, Republic of: 2.798 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 167   Côte d'Ivoire: 2.744 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 168   Slovakia: 2.679 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 169   Romania: 2.653 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 170   Bangladesh: 2.533 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 171   Guinea-Bissau: 2.502 per 1,000 people  2001 Time series
= 172   Croatia: 2.439 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
= 172   Moldova: 2.439 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 174   Angola: 2.437 per 1,000 people  1998 Time series
# 175   Belarus: 2.421 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 176   Bulgaria: 2.411 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 177   Malawi: 2.367 per 1,000 people  1991 Time series
# 178   Serbia and Montenegro: 2.364 per 1,000 people  2001 Time series
# 179   Russia: 2.226 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 180   Ukraine: 2.21 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 181   Chad: 2.05 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 182   Mali: 2.048 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 183   Burkina Faso: 2.036 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 184   Armenia: 1.957 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 185   Djibouti: 1.848 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
= 186   Congo, Republic of the: 1.804 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
= 186   Eritrea: 1.804 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 188   Niger: 1.746 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 189   Ethiopia: 1.557 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 190   Central African Republic: 1.301 per 1,000 people  1991 Time series
Weighted average: 5.1 per 1,000 people  



DEFINITION: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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