GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 vs United Kingdom: Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled

GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
10.46 million
in 2024
United Kingdom
281,128
in 2023
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank
24th
United Kingdom rank
26th

Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled over time

  • GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 currently reports 10.46 million against 281,128 in United Kingdom, a difference of 10.17 million.

That makes GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024's figure about 37.2 times United Kingdom's.

Across all 47 years both countries report, GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 has been ahead every year.

GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 24th and United Kingdom ranks 26th of 221 groups.

GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1970s 2.90 million 273,092 2.63 million GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
1980s 4.25 million 239,478 4.01 million GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
1990s 5.27 million 234,171 5.03 million GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
2000s 6.98 million 255,606 6.72 million GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
2010s 9.64 million 276,331 9.37 million GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
2020s 10.43 million 282,682 10.14 million GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled, GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 or United Kingdom?
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, at 10.46 million against 281,128 in United Kingdom as of 2024.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled between GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 and United Kingdom?
10.17 million, with GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 and United Kingdom?
47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2023.
How do GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 and United Kingdom rank globally for teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled?
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 24th and United Kingdom ranks 26th of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
437 places, 19,704 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number) with 786 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.