Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Japan or Nigeria?

Nigeria, at 276,704 number against 248,338 number in Japan as of 2010.

What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Japan and Nigeria?

28,366 number, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Nigeria?

21 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2005.

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.

Japan vs Nigeria: Teachers in primary education, female

Japan

248,338 number

in 2005

Nigeria

276,704 number

in 2010

Japan rank

16th

Nigeria rank

13th

Teachers in primary education, female over time

Japan
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 276,704 number against 248,338 number in Japan, a difference of 28,366 number.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 21 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 16th and Nigeria ranks 13th of 196 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1970s	205,964 number	34,327 number	171,637 number	Japan
1980s	262,086 number	125,298 number	136,787 number	Japan
1990s	268,166 number	179,613 number	88,553 number	Japan
2000s	241,918 number	272,607 number	30,688 number	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Japan or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 276,704 number against 248,338 number in Japan as of 2010.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Japan and Nigeria?: 28,366 number, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Nigeria?: 21 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2005.
How do Japan and Nigeria rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?: Japan ranks 16th and Nigeria ranks 13th 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.