Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Cyprus or Suriname?

Suriname, at 5,002 number against 4,018 number in Cyprus as of 2019.

What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Cyprus and Suriname?

984 number, with Suriname ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Suriname?

32 years are reported by both, from 1971 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.

Cyprus vs Suriname: Teachers in primary education, female

Cyprus

4,018 number

in 2018

Suriname

5,002 number

in 2019

Cyprus rank

147th

Suriname rank

145th

Teachers in primary education, female over time

Cyprus
Suriname

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 5,002 number against 4,018 number in Cyprus, a difference of 984 number.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.2 times Cyprus's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Suriname ahead.

Cyprus ranks 147th and Suriname ranks 145th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	Suriname	Difference	Ahead
1970s	962.56 number	1,930 number	967.33 number	Suriname
1980s	1,237 number	2,345 number	1,108 number	Suriname
1990s	1,914 number	2,582 number	668.25 number	Suriname
2000s	2,976 number	3,621 number	645 number	Suriname
2010s	3,495 number	4,767 number	1,272 number	Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Cyprus or Suriname?: Suriname, at 5,002 number against 4,018 number in Cyprus as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Cyprus and Suriname?: 984 number, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Suriname?: 32 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Cyprus and Suriname rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?: Cyprus ranks 147th and Suriname ranks 145th 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.