Afghanistan vs Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Primary education, teachers

Afghanistan
163,167
in 2023
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
906,553
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
40th
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
40th

Primary education, teachers over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M197019972024

How they compare

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) currently reports 906,553 against 163,167 in Afghanistan, a difference of 743,386.

That makes Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s figure about 5.6 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 40th and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 204 countries.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 17,190 617,994 600,804 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
1980s 17,089 651,841 634,752 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
1990s 22,060 748,444 726,384 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2000s 112,460 802,782 690,321 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2010s 131,795 828,242 696,447 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2020s 163,167 896,737 733,570 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, teachers, Afghanistan or Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), at 906,553 against 163,167 in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary education, teachers between Afghanistan and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
743,386, with Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
25 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Afghanistan and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank globally for primary education, teachers?
Afghanistan ranks 40th and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 204 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Primary education, teachers. 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

Afghanistan vs Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Primary education, teachers. Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/primary-education-teachers/afghanistan/europe-and-central-asia-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/primary-education-teachers/afghanistan/europe-and-central-asia-excluding-high-income/">Afghanistan vs Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Primary education, teachers</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Primary education, teachers
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
249 places, 9,469 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Primary education, teachers refers to the total number of teachers at primary level, including full-time and part-time teachers.