Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Cameroon or Greece?

Cameroon, at 53,596 number against 50,706 number in Greece as of 2019.

What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Cameroon and Greece?

2,890 number, with Cameroon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Greece?

34 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2018.

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.

Cameroon vs Greece: Teachers in primary education, female

Cameroon

53,596 number

in 2019

Greece

50,706 number

in 2018

Cameroon rank

61st

Greece rank

63rd

Teachers in primary education, female over time

Cameroon
Greece

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 53,596 number against 50,706 number in Greece, a difference of 2,890 number.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Greece ahead.

Cameroon ranks 61st and Greece ranks 63rd of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Greece in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Greece	Difference	Ahead
1970s	3,087 number	15,030 number	11,943 number	Greece
1980s	7,875 number	18,434 number	10,560 number	Greece
1990s	12,744 number	24,247 number	11,504 number	Greece
2000s	25,910 number	38,317 number	12,407 number	Greece
2010s	51,608 number	48,599 number	3,009 number	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Cameroon or Greece?: Cameroon, at 53,596 number against 50,706 number in Greece as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Cameroon and Greece?: 2,890 number, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Greece?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2018.
How do Cameroon and Greece rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?: Cameroon ranks 61st and Greece ranks 63rd of 196 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.

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Indicator: Teachers in primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 241 places, 7,410 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of female teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.