FACTOID # 1: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
 
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Education Statistics > Primary education, teachers (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)    Date  
#1   Libya: 19.304 per 1,000 people  1991 ...
#2   Brunei: 12.166 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#3   Iceland: 10.072 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#4   Virgin Islands: 9.601 per 1,000 people  1991 ...
#5   Vanuatu: 9.301 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#6   Israel: 9.17 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#7   Antigua and Barbuda: 9.087 per 1,000 people  2000 ...
#8   Bermuda: 9.028 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#9   Norway: 8.964 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#10   Marshall Islands: 8.915 per 1,000 people  2003 ...
#11   Lebanon: 8.877 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#12   Maldives: 8.755 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#13   Grenada: 8.535 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#14   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 8.349 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#15   American Samoa: 8.333 per 1,000 people  1991 ...
#16   Tonga: 8.152 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#17   San Marino: 8.143 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#18   Suriname: 7.835 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#19   Seychelles: 7.831 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#20   Qatar: 7.748 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#21   Cuba: 7.705 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#22   Sweden: 7.598 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#23   Liechtenstein: 7.547 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#24   Jordan: 7.541 per 1,000 people  2003 ...
#25   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 7.5 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#26   Belize: 7.467 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#27   Denmark: 7.442 per 1,000 people  2001 ...
#28   Solomon Islands: 7.4 per 1,000 people  1999 ...
#29   Dominica: 7.208 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#30   Botswana: 7.189 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#31   Bolivia: 7.151 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#32   Malaysia: 7.141 per 1,000 people  2003 ...
#33   Bahamas, The: 7.141 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#34   Bahrain: 7.117 per 1,000 people  2002 ...
#35   Argentina: 7.093 per 1,000 people  2003 ...
#36   Saudi Arabia: 7.088 per 1,000 people  1991 ...
#37   Venezuela: 6.939 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#38   Samoa: 6.776 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#39   Peru: 6.742 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#40   Indonesia: 6.655 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#41   Kuwait: 6.632 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#42   Luxembourg: 6.623 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#43   Kiribati: 6.606 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#44   Ecuador: 6.537 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#45   Saint Lucia: 6.511 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#46   Syria: 6.485 per 1,000 people  2002 ...
#47   Netherlands Antilles: 6.403 per 1,000 people  2003 ...
#48   São Tomé and Príncipe: 6.325 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#49   Cape Verde: 6.294 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#50   Palau: 6.294 per 1,000 people  2000 ...
#51   Portugal: 6.241 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#52   Belgium: 6.195 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#53   Ireland: 6.094 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#54   Swaziland: 6.035 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#55   Trinidad and Tobago: 6.006 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#56   Tunisia: 6.002 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#57   Guatemala: 5.994 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#58   Namibia: 5.993 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#59   Dominican Republic: 5.96 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#60   Poland: 5.922 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#61   Paraguay: 5.919 per 1,000 people  2003 ...
#62   United States: 5.885 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#63   Costa Rica: 5.87 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#64   Yemen: 5.85 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#65   Iraq: 5.808 per 1,000 people  1999 ...
#66   Gabon: 5.731 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#67   Estonia: 5.669 per 1,000 people  2002 ...
#68   Lesotho: 5.657 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#69   Aruba: 5.653 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#70   Cayman Islands: 5.622 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#71   Australia: 5.573 per 1,000 people  1999 ...
#72   Iran: 5.571 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#73   Guyana: 5.55 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#74   Panama: 5.493 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#75   Nicaragua: 5.469 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#76   Barbados: 5.45 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#77   Honduras: 5.421 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#78   Oman: 5.42 per 1,000 people  2001 ...
#79   Andorra: 5.378 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#80   New Zealand: 5.309 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#81   Greece: 5.279 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#82   Algeria: 5.219 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#83   Uruguay: 5.138 per 1,000 people  2003 ...
#84   El Salvador: 5.132 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#85   Mexico: 5.087 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#86   Comoros: 5.079 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#87   Azerbaijan: 5.036 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#88   Bhutan: 5.031 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#89   Tajikistan: 4.994 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#90   Egypt: 4.993 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#91   Uganda: 4.971 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#92   Morocco: 4.92 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#93   Brazil: 4.836 per 1,000 people  2003 ...
#94   Togo: 4.828 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#95   Equatorial Guinea: 4.795 per 1,000 people  2003 ...
#96   Laos: 4.777 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#97   Zimbabwe: 4.762 per 1,000 people  2003 ...
#98   Fiji: 4.761 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#99   Cyprus: 4.739 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#100   Thailand: 4.724 per 1,000 people  2003 ...
#101   Finland: 4.65 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#102   Philippines: 4.619 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#103   Nigeria: 4.554 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#104   Jamaica: 4.554 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#105   Canada: 4.538 per 1,000 people  2001 ...
#106   South Africa: 4.506 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#107   Kenya: 4.486 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#108   Italy: 4.482 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#109   Mauritius: 4.449 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#110   China: 4.434 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#111   Vietnam: 4.339 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#112   United Kingdom: 4.328 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#113   Zambia: 4.304 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#114   Liberia: 4.23 per 1,000 people  2000 ...
#115   Hungary: 4.219 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#116   Spain: 4.199 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#117   Netherlands: 4.182 per 1,000 people  1991 ...
#118   Malta: 4.122 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#119   Colombia: 4.099 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#120   Ghana: 4.037 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#121   Chile: 3.99 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#122   Monaco: 3.97 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#123   Turkey: 3.944 per 1,000 people  1991 ...
#124   Kazakhstan: 3.915 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#125   Cameroon: 3.816 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#126   United Arab Emirates: 3.806 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#127   Albania: 3.745 per 1,000 people  2004 ...
#128   Nepal: 3.74 per 1,000 people  2005 ...
#129   Sri Lanka: 3.683 per 1,000 people  2004 ...