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

GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
4.79 million
in 2024
Sweden
71,551
in 2024
GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank
69th
Sweden rank
72nd

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

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

GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 currently reports 4.79 million against 71,551 in Sweden, a difference of 4.72 million.

That makes GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024's figure about 66.9 times Sweden's.

Across all 38 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 Sweden ranks 72nd 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 Sweden Difference Ahead
1970s 696,760 36,413 660,347 GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
1990s 1.71 million 60,969 1.65 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
2000s 2.35 million 65,292 2.28 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
2010s 3.85 million 65,325 3.79 million GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
2020s 4.67 million 71,281 4.60 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 Sweden?
GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, at 4.79 million against 71,551 in Sweden 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 Sweden?
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 Sweden?
38 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 and Sweden rank globally for teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled?
GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 69th and Sweden ranks 72nd 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.