Papua New Guinea vs Zambia: Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre

Papua New Guinea
0.0446 units per square kilometre
in 2023
Zambia
0.053 units per square kilometre
in 2017
Papua New Guinea rank
175th
Zambia rank
173rd

Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Zambia
00.020.040.06197019962023

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.053 units per square kilometre against 0.0446 units per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0084 units per square kilometre.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.2 times Papua New Guinea's.

Across all 17 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.

Papua New Guinea ranks 175th and Zambia ranks 173rd of 200 countries.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Zambia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0044 units per square kilometre 0.0092 units per square kilometre 0.0048 units per square kilometre Zambia
1980s 0.0072 units per square kilometre 0.0155 units per square kilometre 0.0083 units per square kilometre Zambia
1990s 0.0122 units per square kilometre 0.0218 units per square kilometre 0.0096 units per square kilometre Zambia
2000s 0.0129 units per square kilometre 0.0218 units per square kilometre 0.0089 units per square kilometre Zambia
2010s 0.0392 units per square kilometre 0.0541 units per square kilometre 0.0149 units per square kilometre Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre, Papua New Guinea or Zambia?
Zambia, at 0.053 units per square kilometre against 0.0446 units per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2017.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre between Papua New Guinea and Zambia?
0.0084 units per square kilometre, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Zambia?
17 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
How do Papua New Guinea and Zambia rank globally for teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre?
Papua New Guinea ranks 175th and Zambia ranks 173rd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre. 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

Papua New Guinea vs Zambia: Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/teachers-in-primary-education-female-number-per-square-kilometre/papua-new-guinea/zambia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/teachers-in-primary-education-female-number-per-square-kilometre/papua-new-guinea/zambia/">Papua New Guinea vs Zambia: Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
200 places, 5,856 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Teachers in primary education, female (number) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.