Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Cuba or Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka, at 68,746 number against 64,868 number in Cuba as of 2018.

What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Cuba and Sri Lanka?

3,878 number, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Sri Lanka?

19 years are reported by both, from 1992 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.

Cuba vs Sri Lanka: Teachers in primary education, female

Cuba

64,868 number

in 2019

Sri Lanka

68,746 number

in 2018

Cuba rank

55th

Sri Lanka rank

52nd

Teachers in primary education, female over time

Cuba
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 68,746 number against 64,868 number in Cuba, a difference of 3,878 number.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Cuba's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 55th and Sri Lanka ranks 52nd of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cuba	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1990s	61,966 number	58,477 number	3,489 number	Cuba
2000s	68,912 number	57,570 number	11,342 number	Cuba
2010s	68,872 number	64,617 number	4,256 number	Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Cuba or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 68,746 number against 64,868 number in Cuba as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Cuba and Sri Lanka?: 3,878 number, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Sri Lanka?: 19 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2018.
How do Cuba and Sri Lanka rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?: Cuba ranks 55th and Sri Lanka ranks 52nd 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.