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

Greece, at 50,706 number against 45,568 number in Tunisia as of 2018.

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

5,138 number, with Greece ahead.

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

34 years are reported by both, from 1976 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 Tunisia: Teachers in primary education, female

Greece

50,706 number

in 2018

Tunisia

45,568 number

in 2018

Greece rank

63rd

Tunisia rank

66th

Teachers in primary education, female over time

Greece
Tunisia

How they compare

Greece currently reports 50,706 number against 45,568 number in Tunisia, a difference of 5,138 number.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 63rd and Tunisia ranks 66th of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 4 and Tunisia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Tunisia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	15,938 number	6,264 number	9,674 number	Greece
1980s	18,558 number	13,306 number	5,252 number	Greece
1990s	24,435 number	26,648 number	2,213 number	Tunisia
2000s	38,317 number	30,878 number	7,438 number	Greece
2010s	48,324 number	40,765 number	7,560 number	Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Greece or Tunisia?: Greece, at 50,706 number against 45,568 number in Tunisia as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Greece and Tunisia?: 5,138 number, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Tunisia?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2018.
How do Greece and Tunisia rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?: Greece ranks 63rd and Tunisia ranks 66th 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.