Japan vs Viet Nam: Teachers in primary education, female

Japan
261,117
in 1998
Viet Nam
300,791
in 2024
Japan rank
14th
Viet Nam rank
11th

Teachers in primary education, female over time

  • Japan
  • Viet Nam
0100.0k200.0k300.0k197119972024

How they compare

Viet Nam currently reports 300,791 against 261,117 in Japan, a difference of 39,674.

That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

Across all 11 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 14th and Viet Nam ranks 11th of 212 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Viet Nam Difference Ahead
1970s 240,264 125,732 114,532 Japan
1980s 263,321 150,006 113,314 Japan
1990s 267,506 219,601 47,905 Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Japan or Viet Nam?
Viet Nam, at 300,791 against 261,117 in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Japan and Viet Nam?
39,674, with Viet Nam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Viet Nam?
11 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 1998.
How do Japan and Viet Nam rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?
Japan ranks 14th and Viet Nam ranks 11th of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in primary education, female (number). 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

Japan vs Viet Nam: Teachers in primary education, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/teachers-in-primary-education-female-number-2/japan/viet-nam/

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-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/teachers-in-primary-education-female-number-2/japan/viet-nam/">Japan vs Viet Nam: Teachers in primary education, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in primary education, female (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
433 places, 17,733 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release