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DEFINITION
Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
Education Statistics > Primary education, teachers (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
Date
|
| #1 |
China: |
5,747,325
|
2004 ... |
|
| #2 |
India: |
3,387,905
|
2004 ... |
|
| #3 |
United States: |
1,728,192
|
2004 ... |
|
| #4 |
Indonesia: |
1,447,984
|
2004 ... |
|
| #5 |
Brazil: |
877,204
|
2003 ... |
|
| #6 |
Nigeria: |
598,981
|
2005 ... |
|
| #7 |
Mexico: |
519,161
|
2004 ... |
|
| #8 |
Pakistan: |
450,136
|
2005 ... |
|
| #9 |
Iran: |
380,199
|
2005 ... |
|
| #10 |
Japan: |
378,950
|
2004 ... |
|
| #11 |
Philippines: |
376,988
|
2004 ... |
|
| #12 |
Egypt: |
362,679
|
2004 ... |
|
| #13 |
Vietnam: |
360,624
|
2005 ... |
|
| #14 |
Bangladesh: |
352,683
|
2004 ... |
|
| #15 |
Russia: |
320,168
|
2004 ... |
|
| #16 |
Thailand: |
298,270
|
2003 ... |
|
| #17 |
Argentina: |
269,587.5
|
2003 ... |
|
| #18 |
Italy: |
260,769.1
|
2004 ... |
|
| #19 |
United Kingdom: |
258,966
|
2004 ... |
|
| #20 |
Germany: |
232,936.5
|
2004 ... |
|
| #21 |
Poland: |
226,099
|
2004 ... |
|
| #22 |
Turkey: |
225,852
|
1991 ... |
|
| #23 |
Iraq: |
215,795
|
2005 ... |
|
| #24 |
South Africa: |
208,877
|
2004 ... |
|
| #25 |
France: |
202,954
|
2004 ... |
|
| #26 |
Colombia: |
186,898
|
2005 ... |
|
| #27 |
Peru: |
185,829
|
2004 ... |
|
| #28 |
Venezuela: |
184,409
|
2005 ... |
|
| #29 |
Spain: |
179,271
|
2004 ... |
|
| #30 |
Malaysia: |
174,504
|
2003 ... |
|
| #31 |
Algeria: |
171,471
|
2005 ... |
|
| #32 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
162,797
|
2003 ... |
|
| #33 |
Burma: |
160,110
|
2005 ... |
|
| #34 |
Kenya: |
153,678
|
2005 ... |
|
| #35 |
Morocco: |
148,438
|
2005 ... |
|
| #36 |
Uganda: |
143,247
|
2005 ... |
|
| #37 |
Korea, South: |
142,153
|
2005 ... |
|
| #38 |
Canada: |
141,045
|
2001 ... |
|
| #39 |
Tanzania: |
135,013
|
2005 ... |
|
| #40 |
Saudi Arabia: |
119,881
|
1991 ... |
|
| #41 |
Yemen: |
118,936
|
2004 ... |
|
| #42 |
Sudan: |
118,094
|
2005 ... |
|
| #43 |
Syria: |
114,676
|
2002 ... |
|
| #44 |
Ethiopia: |
110,945
|
2005 ... |
|
| #45 |
Australia: |
105,469
|
1999 ... |
|
| #46 |
Ukraine: |
104,028
|
2005 ... |
|
| #47 |
Nepal: |
101,483
|
2005 ... |
|
| #48 |
Ghana: |
89,278
|
2005 ... |
|
| #49 |
Cuba: |
86,827
|
2005 ... |
|
| #50 |
Ecuador: |
86,472
|
2005 ... |
|
| #51 |
Libya: |
85,537
|
1991 ... |
|
| #52 |
Guatemala: |
75,519
|
2005 ... |
|
| #53 |
Uzbekistan: |
73,800
|
1991 ... |
|
| #54 |
Sri Lanka: |
71,669
|
2004 ... |
|
| #55 |
Sweden: |
68,325
|
2004 ... |
|
| #56 |
Madagascar: |
67,137
|
2005 ... |
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| #57 |
Portugal: |
65,548
|
2004 ... |
|
| #58 |
Belgium: |
64,556
|
2004 ... |
|
| #59 |
Bolivia: |
64,426
|
2004 ... |
|
| #60 |
Chile: |
64,334
|
2004 ... |
|
| #61 |
Netherlands: |
63,022
|
1991 ... |
|
| #62 |
Israel: |
62,387
|
2004 ... |
|
| #63 |
Cameroon: |
62,280
|
2005 ... |
|
| #64 |
Zimbabwe: |
61,251
|
2003 ... |
|
| #65 |
Tunisia: |
59,610
|
2004 ... |
|
| #66 |
Mozambique: |
59,434
|
2005 ... |
|
| #67 |
Kazakhstan: |
59,293
|
2005 ... |
|
| #68 |
Greece: |
58,395
|
2004 ... |
|
| #69 |
Romania: |
57,536
|
2004 ... |
|
| #70 |
Dominican Republic: |
53,015
|
2005 ... |
|
| #71 |
Afghanistan: |
51,802
|
2005 ... |
|
| #72 |
Cambodia: |
50,654
|
2005 ... |
|
| #73 |
Zambia: |
50,224
|
2005 ... |
|
| #74 |
Côte d'Ivoire: |
48,308
|
2003 ... |
|
| #75 |
Hungary: |
42,643
|
2004 ... |
|
| #76 |
Azerbaijan: |
42,243
|
2005 ... |
|
| #77 |
Norway: |
41,161
|
2004 ... |
|
| #78 |
Denmark: |
39,854
|
2001 ... |
|
| #79 |
Jordan: |
39,441
|
2003 ... |
|
| #80 |
Honduras: |
38,212
|
2004 ... |
|
| #81 |
El Salvador: |
35,315
|
2005 ... |
|
| #82 |
Senegal: |
34,656
|
2005 ... |
|
| #83 |
Paraguay: |
33,607
|
2003 ... |
|
| #84 |
Tajikistan: |
32,498
|
2005 ... |
|
| #85 |
Angola: |
32,144
|
1998 ... |
|
| #86 |
Lebanon: |
31,752
|
2005 ... |
|
| #87 |
Czech Republic: |
29,908.1
|
2004 ... |
|
| #88 |
Togo: |
29,668
|
2005 ... |
|
| #89 |
Austria: |
28,397
|
2004 ... |
|
| #90 |
Laos: |
28,299
|
2005 ... |
|
| #91 |
Nicaragua: |
28,163
|
2005 ... |
|
| #92 |
Benin: |
28,148
|
2005 ... |
|
| #93 |
Rwanda: |
27,793
|
2005 ... |
|
| #94 |
Mali: |
27,688
|
2005 ... |
|
| #95 |
Burkina Faso: |
26,938
|
2005 ... |
|
| #96 |
Guinea: |
26,897
|
2005 ... |
|
| #97 |
Costa Rica: |
25,399
|
2005 ... |
|
| #98 |
Ireland: |
24,792
|
2004 ... |
|
| #99 |
Hong Kong: |
24,591
|
2005 ... |
|
| #100 |
Niger: |
24,362
|
2005 ... |
|
| #101 |
Finland: |
24,313
|
2004 ... |
|
| #102 |
Haiti: |
24,078
|
1991 ... |
|
| #103 |
Belarus: |
23,671
|
2005 ... |
|
| #104 |
Malawi: |
22,942
|
1991 ... |
|
| #105 |
New Zealand: |
21,562
|
2004 ... |
|
| #106 |
Burundi: |
21,289
|
2005 ... |
|
| #107 |
Chad: |
19,989
|
2005 ... |
|
| #108 |
Sierra Leone: |
19,316
|
2005 ... |
|
| #109 |
Papua New Guinea: |
19,204
|
2003 ... |
|
| #110 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
19,204
|
2001 ... |
|
| #111 |
Bulgaria: |
18,762
|
2004 ... |
|
| #112 |
Panama: |
17,751
|
2005 ... |
|
| #113 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
17,729
|
2005 ... |
|
| #114 |
Uruguay: |
17,547
|
2003 ... |
|
| #115 |
United Arab Emirates: |
17,255
|
2005 ... |
|
| #116 |
Kuwait: |
16,815
|
2005 ... |
|
| #117 |
Georgia: |
16,500
|
2003 ... |
|
| #118 |
Slovakia: |
14,420
|
2004 ... |
|
| #119 |
Oman: |
13,394
|
2001 ... |
|
| #120 |
Liberia: |
12,966
|
2000 ... |
|
| #121 |
Botswana: |
12,717
|
2004 ... |
|
| #122 |
Namibia: |
12,173
|
2005 ... |
|
| #123 |
Jamaica: |
12,032
|
2004 ... |
|
| #124 |
Albania: |
11,653
|
2004 ... |
|
| #125 |
Lithuania: |
11,561
|
2004 ... |
|
| #126 |
Mauritania: |
11,001
|
2005 ... |
|
| #127 |
Croatia: |
10,832
|
2003 ... |
|
| #128 |
Moldova: |
10,259
|
2005 ... |
|
| #129 |
Lesotho: |
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