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

Jordan, at 54,547 number against 50,706 number in Greece as of 2019.

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

3,841 number, with Jordan ahead.

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

26 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.

Greece vs Jordan: Teachers in primary education, female

Greece

50,706 number

in 2018

Jordan

54,547 number

in 2019

Greece rank

63rd

Jordan rank

60th

Teachers in primary education, female over time

Greece
Jordan

How they compare

Jordan currently reports 54,547 number against 50,706 number in Greece, a difference of 3,841 number.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 63rd and Jordan ranks 60th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Jordan	Difference	Ahead
1970s	14,904 number	5,357 number	9,547 number	Greece
1980s	18,434 number	10,611 number	7,824 number	Greece
1990s	24,689 number	17,830 number	6,859 number	Greece
2010s	49,168 number	44,505 number	4,663 number	Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Greece or Jordan?: Jordan, at 54,547 number against 50,706 number in Greece as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Greece and Jordan?: 3,841 number, with Jordan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Jordan?: 26 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Greece and Jordan rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?: Greece ranks 63rd and Jordan ranks 60th 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.