GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 vs Sri Lanka: Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled

GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
4.79 million
in 2024
Sri Lanka
73,333
in 2023
GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank
69th
Sri Lanka rank
70th

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

  • GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 currently reports 4.79 million against 73,333 in Sri Lanka, a difference of 4.72 million.

That makes GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024's figure about 65.3 times Sri Lanka's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 has been ahead every year.

GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 69th and Sri Lanka ranks 70th of 221 groups.

GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1970s 889,550 53,199 836,351 GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
1990s 1.64 million 69,391 1.57 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
2000s 2.40 million 69,766 2.33 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
2010s 3.85 million 75,178 3.78 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
2020s 4.64 million 73,708 4.57 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, 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: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 or Sri Lanka?
GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, at 4.79 million against 73,333 in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled between GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sri Lanka?
4.72 million, with GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sri Lanka?
31 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2023.
How do GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sri Lanka rank globally for teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled?
GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 69th and Sri Lanka ranks 70th 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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Indicator
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.