Australia vs Canada: Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre

Australia
0.0137 units per square kilometre
in 1999
Canada
0.0157 units per square kilometre
in 2000
Australia rank
203rd
Canada rank
201st

Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre over time

  • Australia
  • Canada
00.0050.010.015197119852000

How they compare

Canada currently reports 0.0157 units per square kilometre against 0.0137 units per square kilometre in Australia, a difference of 0.002 units per square kilometre.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

Across all 12 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 203rd and Canada ranks 201st of 204 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Canada Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0122 units per square kilometre 0.0157 units per square kilometre 0.0035 units per square kilometre Canada
1990s 0.0131 units per square kilometre 0.0165 units per square kilometre 0.0033 units per square kilometre Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, teachers, per square kilometre, Australia or Canada?
Canada, at 0.0157 units per square kilometre against 0.0137 units per square kilometre in Australia as of 2000.
What is the difference in primary education, teachers, per square kilometre between Australia and Canada?
0.002 units per square kilometre, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
12 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 1999.
How do Australia and Canada rank globally for primary education, teachers, per square kilometre?
Australia ranks 203rd and Canada ranks 201st of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Australia vs Canada: Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 23 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/primary-education-teachers-per-square-kilometre/australia/canada/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/primary-education-teachers-per-square-kilometre/australia/canada/">Australia vs Canada: Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
249 places, 9,159 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Primary education, teachers divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.