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

Sweden, at 56,697 number against 53,596 number in Cameroon as of 2018.

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

3,101 number, with Sweden ahead.

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

23 years are reported by both, from 1973 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 Sweden: Teachers in primary education, female

Cameroon

53,596 number

in 2019

Sweden

56,697 number

in 2018

Cameroon rank

61st

Sweden rank

58th

Teachers in primary education, female over time

Cameroon
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 56,697 number against 53,596 number in Cameroon, a difference of 3,101 number.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Sweden ahead.

Cameroon ranks 61st and Sweden ranks 58th of 196 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1970s	2,696 number	31,657 number	28,961 number	Sweden
1990s	13,631 number	48,564 number	34,933 number	Sweden
2000s	24,835 number	52,456 number	27,620 number	Sweden
2010s	48,216 number	51,663 number	3,447 number	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Cameroon or Sweden?: Sweden, at 56,697 number against 53,596 number in Cameroon as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Cameroon and Sweden?: 3,101 number, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sweden?: 23 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2018.
How do Cameroon and Sweden rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?: Cameroon ranks 61st and Sweden ranks 58th 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.