Denmark vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes

Denmark
32,390 number
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
210,927 number
in 2019
Denmark rank
41st
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
40th

Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes over time

  • Denmark
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k197219952019

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 210,927 number against 32,390 number in Denmark, a difference of 178,537 number.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 6.5 times Denmark's.

Across all 16 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 41st and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 185 countries.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Denmark Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 1,956 number 47,329 number 45,373 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1980s 3,540 number 63,152 number 59,612 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1990s 18,246 number 80,489 number 62,243 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 46,228 number 106,407 number 60,180 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 32,390 number 204,657 number 172,267 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes, Denmark or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 210,927 number against 32,390 number in Denmark as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes between Denmark and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
178,537 number, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
16 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2018.
How do Denmark and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes?
Denmark ranks 41st and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
230 places, 6,393 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of teachers in public and private pre-primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.