Number of Primary Education Teachers

This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.

  1. China Number of Primary Education Teachers grew 2.6% in 2019, compared to a year earlier.
  2. Since 2014 China Number of Primary Education Teachers grew 1.7% year on year close to 6,363,952 Persons.
  3. In 2019 Mexico was number 7 in Number of Primary Education Teachers.
  4. In 2019 India was number 2 in Number of Primary Education Teachers to 4,339,390 Persons, compared to 146 in 2018.

Top Countries in Number of Primary Education Teachers

Units (Persons) - 1970 to 2020

# 171 Countries Units (Persons) Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
China
6,363,952 2019 +2.6 % +1.7 % View data
2 #2
India
4,339,390 2019 NA -0.3 % View data
3 #3
Indonesia
1,771,614 2019 +2.6 % -0.3 % View data
4 #4
United States
1,769,451 2017 NA NA View data
5 #5
Brazil
797,701 2019 -0.2 % +0.1 % View data
6 #6
Bangladesh
576,887 2018 +0.5 % NA View data
7 #7
Mexico
576,322 2019 +0.8 % +0.1 % View data
8 #8
Democratic Republic of the Congo
544,039 2018 NA +9.9 % View data
9 #9
Egypt
530,666 2019 -0.6 % NA View data
10 #10
Pakistan
514,304 2019 -1.1 % +4.3 % View data
11 #11
Philippines
495,588 2019 -0.0 % +1.4 % View data
12 #12
Japan
423,108 2019 +0.1 % +0.7 % View data
13 #13
Vietnam
390,754 2019 -1.5 % +0.2 % View data
14 #14
Thailand
378,131 2019 NA +2.4 % View data
15 #15
Russia
320,793 2019 -0.3 % +2.1 % View data
16 #16
United Kingdom
294,133 2019 +5.4 % +1.5 % View data
17 #17
Turkey
294,109 2019 -1.0 % +0.4 % View data
18 #18
Iran
284,673 2019 -0.5 % -0.2 % View data
19 #19
Poland
269,086 2019 -5.1 % +5.0 % View data
20 #20
Kenya
266,511 2015 +2.4 % NA View data
21 #21
Italy
254,388 2019 +0.6 % +1.4 % View data
22 #22
South Africa
249,543 2019 +0.9 % +2.6 % View data
23 #23
Germany
243,687 2019 -0.5 % +0.9 % View data
24 #24
Spain
236,126 2019 +1.2 % +0.9 % View data
25 #25
Malaysia
235,289 2019 -1.9 % -3.3 % View data
26 #26
Saudi Arabia
231,117 2019 -3.2 % -7.8 % View data
27 #27
Myanmar
226,296 2019 +4.0 % +3.8 % View data
28 #28
Algeria
222,838 2019 +22.3 % +7.0 % View data
29 #29
Uganda
215,450 2019 +2.1 % +2.4 % View data
30 #30
Peru
212,567 2019 +2.9 % +1.4 % View data
31 #31
Nepal
201,075 2019 NA +1.8 % View data
32 #32
Tanzania
196,437 2019 -1.6 % +0.6 % View data
33 #33
Colombia
184,138 2019 -0.0 % -0.3 % View data
34 #34
Morocco
171,812 2019 +6.5 % +1.8 % View data
35 #35
Ghana
168,546 2019 +4.3 % +4.3 % View data
36 #36
South Korea
166,949 2019 +0.7 % +0.1 % View data
37 #37
Yemen
144,824 2016 NA +3.8 % View data
38 #38
Afghanistan
135,940 2019 +1.3 % NA View data
39 #39
Madagascar
126,649 2019 +3.7 % +2.8 % View data
40 #40
Mozambique
121,488 2019 +2.3 % +3.1 % View data
41 #41
Uzbekistan
118,835 2019 +2.8 % +1.1 % View data
42 #42
Guatemala
116,490 2019 -0.1 % +2.1 % View data
43 #43
Ukraine
108,283 2019 -16.2 % NA View data
44 #44
Netherlands
99,574 2019 -1.1 % -1.0 % View data
45 #45
Cameroon
96,546 2019 +3.0 % +0.6 % View data
46 #46
Ivory Coast
96,255 2019 +3.2 % +5.2 % View data
47 #47
Angola
95,827 2016 -14.7 % -4.1 % View data
48 #48
Chile
89,182 2019 +1.3 % +2.5 % View data
49 #49
Kazakhstan
84,896 2019 +18.5 % +5.0 % View data
50 #50
Malawi
83,431 2019 +10.2 % +8.2 % View data
51 #51
Burkina Faso
82,083 2019 +1.7 % +7.1 % View data
52 #52
Zambia
81,907 2019 +2.5 % +0.9 % View data
53 #53
Cuba
80,503 2019 -0.5 % -0.9 % View data
54 #54
Israel
78,567 2019 +1.5 % +2.0 % View data
55 #55
Ecuador
78,560 2019 -1.4 % -1.5 % View data
56 #56
Sri Lanka
78,478 2019 +0.1 % +0.9 % View data
57 #57
Bolivia
77,144 2019 -0.4 % -0.8 % View data
58 #58
North Korea
74,274 2018 NA NA View data
59 #59
Belgium
73,325 2019 +0.4 % +1.3 % View data
60 #60
Tunisia
72,256 2019 +1.4 % +1.9 % View data
61 #61
Greece
70,324 2019 -0.4 % +1.1 % View data
62 #62
Jordan
70,057 2019 +14.5 % +3.9 % View data
63 #63
Sweden
69,960 2019 +1.0 % +2.0 % View data
64 #64
Mali
68,436 2019 +4.5 % +5.9 % View data
65 #65
Niger
67,285 2019 -2.5 % +1.1 % View data
66 #66
Dominican Republic
65,556 2019 +1.1 % +1.2 % View data
67 #67
Senegal
64,577 2019 NA +1.6 % View data
68 #68
Benin
53,341 2019 -6.0 % +2.8 % View data
69 #69
Norway
52,676 2019 -0.1 % +1.8 % View data
70 #70
Switzerland
51,972 2019 +0.6 % +1.6 % View data
71 #71
Cambodia
51,578 2019 +0.2 % +1.6 % View data
72 #72
Burundi
51,545 2019 +1.0 % +1.9 % View data
73 #73
Portugal
49,932 2019 -2.8 % -0.1 % View data
74 #74
Romania
48,145 2019 -1.6 % -1.1 % View data
75 #75
Sierra Leone
47,738 2019 -4.1 % NA View data
76 #76
Denmark
46,511 2018 NA NA View data
77 #77
Chad
44,691 2019 +2.0 % +0.6 % View data
78 #78
Honduras
44,007 2019 NA NA View data
79 #79
Rwanda
43,878 2019 +4.3 % +1.3 % View data
80 #80
Costa Rica
42,720 2019 +7.8 % +3.5 % View data
81 #81
Azerbaijan
40,946 2019 -0.5 % -0.0 % View data
82 #82
Togo
40,626 2019 +5.3 % +3.4 % View data
83 #83
Lebanon
40,600 2019 NA +0.8 % View data
84 #84
Guinea
39,979 2019 +1.9 % +1.1 % View data
85 #85
Papua New Guinea
35,896 2016 NA NA View data
86 #86
Laos
35,891 2019 +2.0 % +0.7 % View data
87 #87
Hungary
35,195 2019 -0.9 % +0.1 % View data
88 #88
Tajikistan
34,629 2019 +1.2 % +3.2 % View data
89 #89
Georgia
34,555 2019 +1.6 % +1.9 % View data
90 #90
Austria
33,571 2019 +0.9 % +1.9 % View data
91 #91
Kuwait
33,015 2019 +4.7 % +2.9 % View data
92 #92
Liberia
28,468 2017 -6.5 % NA View data
93 #93
Oman
28,044 2019 -2.7 % NA View data
94 #94
Uruguay
27,760 2019 -0.0 % -0.2 % View data
95 #95
South Sudan
27,248 2015 NA -1.6 % View data
96 #96
Finland
27,246 2019 +0.3 % +0.6 % View data
97 #97
New Zealand
26,390 2019 +1.0 % +1.0 % View data
98 #98
El Salvador
24,642 2018 +2.7 % NA View data
99 #99
Belarus
21,978 2019 -1.2 % -0.4 % View data
100 #100
Palestine
21,621 2019 +8.3 % +3.0 % View data
101 #101
Kyrgyzstan
21,484 2019 +1.6 % +4.6 % View data
102 #102
United Arab Emirates
19,754 2019 +0.4 % -1.8 % View data
103 #103
Panama
19,276 2019 +0.4 % -0.1 % View data
104 #104
Serbia
18,754 2019 +0.5 % +0.7 % View data
105 #105
Bulgaria
18,589 2019 -3.3 % +5.0 % View data
106 #106
Mauritania
16,630 2019 -13.0 % -0.7 % View data
107 #107
Singapore
16,294 2018 +2.0 % NA View data
108 #108
Slovakia
14,585 2019 -0.3 % +0.8 % View data
109 #109
Botswana
14,533 2015 -4.4 % NA View data
110 #110
Puerto Rico
13,963 2019 -3.4 % -6.2 % View data
111 #111
Qatar
13,093 2019 +3.5 % +4.6 % View data
112 #112
Croatia
12,469 2019 +0.2 % +1.2 % View data
113 #113
Jamaica
11,347 2019 +13.1 % -1.2 % View data
114 #114
Lesotho
11,191 2019 +0.5 % +0.0 % View data
115 #115
Latvia
10,716 2019 +0.9 % +0.7 % View data
116 #116
Mongolia
10,207 2019 -0.3 % +3.0 % View data
117 #117
Gambia
10,101 2019 +4.2 % +10.4 % View data
118 #118
Albania
9,778 2019 +0.6 % -1.1 % View data
119 #119
Central African Republic
9,756 2016 NA +4.1 % View data
120 #120
Bahrain
9,460 2019 -0.9 % +1.2 % View data
121 #121
Bosnia and Herzegovina
9,415 2019 -0.0 % -0.3 % View data
122 #122
Swaziland
9,149 2019 +1.6 % +1.3 % View data
123 #123
Eritrea
9,112 2019 +0.9 % +1.4 % View data
124 #124
Slovenia
8,615 2019 +1.9 % +5.3 % View data
125 #125
Lithuania
8,272 2019 -2.7 % -0.4 % View data
126 #126
Moldova
7,771 2019 -0.6 % -1.1 % View data
127 #127
East Timor
7,749 2019 -1.9 % NA View data
128 #128
Estonia
7,662 2018 +1.2 % +3.1 % View data
129 #129
Macedonia
7,523 2019 +0.9 % +1.1 % View data
130 #130
Armenia
7,215 2019 -27.5 % NA View data
131 #131
Mauritius
5,639 2019 +1.9 % +0.0 % View data
132 #132
Fiji
5,578 2016 NA +11.1 % View data
133 #133
Suriname
5,257 2019 +4.0 % -0.0 % View data
134 #134
Maldives
5,084 2019 +11.0 % +9.1 % View data
135 #135
Cyprus
4,841 2019 +1.1 % +4.1 % View data
136 #136
Luxembourg
4,779 2019 +1.3 % +2.0 % View data
137 #137
Comoros
4,428 2018 -31.1 % +0.5 % View data
138 #138
Solomon Islands
4,096 2019 -1.3 % -4.0 % View data
139 #139
Equatorial Guinea
4,021 2015 NA +5.1 % View data
140 #140
Brunei
4,014 2019 +0.6 % +0.1 % View data
141 #141
Iceland
3,171 2018 NA +1.1 % View data
142 #142
Cape Verde
3,028 2019 -0.5 % +0.4 % View data
143 #143
Bhutan
2,941 2020 NA +3.5 % View data
144 #144
Belize
2,623 2019 +2.2 % +2.5 % View data
145 #145
Djibouti
2,310 2020 NA +3.9 % View data
146 #146
Malta
2,013 2019 +1.1 % +2.3 % View data
147 #147
Vanuatu
1,729 2015 NA -2.2 % View data
148 #148
Bahamas
1,473 2019 -2.9 % -3.3 % View data
149 #149
Barbados
1,398 2019 -3.3 % -3.4 % View data
150 #150
Sao Tome and Principe
1,148 2019 -0.2 % +1.7 % View data
151 #151
Saint Lucia
1,081 2019 +0.4 % -2.3 % View data
152 #152
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
914 2019 -0.3 % +1.3 % View data
153 #153
Antigua and Barbuda
831 2019 +1.8 % +3.1 % View data
154 #154
Grenada
809 2019 +0.3 % -2.1 % View data
155 #155
Tonga
793 2019 +0.5 % +0.3 % View data
156 #156
Kiribati
655 2017 -0.1 % NA View data
157 #157
Seychelles
636 2019 -0.5 % -0.8 % View data
158 #158
Federated States of Micronesia
612 2019 NA NA View data
159 #159
Dominica
525 2019 NA -0.6 % View data
160 #160
Andorra
411 2019 -0.2 % -0.8 % View data
161 #161
Bermuda
386 2019 -3.3 % -8.8 % View data
161 #161
Saint Kitts and Nevis
386 2019 +0.0 % -0.8 % View data
163 #163
Cayman Islands
273 2018 NA -2.1 % View data
164 #164
British Virgin Islands
259 2019 +4.9 % -1.5 % View data
165 #165
Liechtenstein
255 2019 -0.7 % +0.7 % View data
166 #166
San Marino
243 2019 -0.8 % NA View data
167 #167
Turks and Caicos Islands
208 2018 NA NA View data
168 #168
Gibraltar
205 2019 NA NA View data
169 #169
Monaco
176 2020 +3.5 % +2.6 % View data
170 #170
Tuvalu
106 2019 +24.7 % NA View data
171 #171
Nauru
69 2019 NA +11.5 % View data

Source: World Bank

Go Top