What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Ghana and Madagascar?

5,284 number, with Ghana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Madagascar?

25 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2019.

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.

Ghana vs Madagascar: Teachers in primary education, female

Ghana

72,396 number

in 2019

Madagascar

67,112 number

in 2019

Ghana rank

50th

Madagascar rank

53rd

Teachers in primary education, female over time

Ghana
Madagascar

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 72,396 number against 67,112 number in Madagascar, a difference of 5,284 number.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 50th and Madagascar ranks 53rd of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 3 and Madagascar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	11,534 number	7,089 number	4,445 number	Ghana
1980s	26,107 number	19,672 number	6,435 number	Ghana
1990s	24,805 number	22,097 number	2,709 number	Ghana
2000s	31,270 number	38,520 number	7,251 number	Madagascar
2010s	55,302 number	62,151 number	6,849 number	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Ghana or Madagascar?: Ghana, at 72,396 number against 67,112 number in Madagascar as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Ghana and Madagascar?: 5,284 number, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Madagascar?: 25 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2019.
How do Ghana and Madagascar rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?: Ghana ranks 50th and Madagascar ranks 53rd 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.