Primary education, teachers, per capita by country
Primary education, teachers divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
205
Highest
0.0124 units per person
Venezuela, República Bolivariana de
Lowest
0.0011 units per person
Somalia
Median
0.0048 units per person
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
9,469
What the numbers show
Primary education, teachers, per capita is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 0.0124 units per person in Venezuela, República Bolivariana de; the lowest is 0.0011 units per person in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0048 units per person, and the mean is 0.0052 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia, Federated States of (up 2,221.9%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 46.4%).
Primary education, teachers, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela, República Bolivariana de | 0.0124 units per person | 2024 | — | rising |
| 2 | Marshall Islands, Republic of the | 0.0117 units per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 3 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0116 units per person | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 4 | Palau, Republic of | 0.0116 units per person | 2024 | — | rising |
| 5 | Libya | 0.0115 units per person | 1983 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 6 | Tuvalu | 0.0113 units per person | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 7 | American Samoa | 0.0107 units per person | 1992 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 8 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0101 units per person | 2024 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 9 | Iraq | 0.0101 units per person | 2007 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 10 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0096 units per person | 1993 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 11 | Norway | 0.0093 units per person | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 12 | Israel | 0.0093 units per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 13 | Iceland | 0.0093 units per person | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 14 | French Polynesia | 0.0091 units per person | 1996 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 15 | Maldives | 0.0089 units per person | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 16 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.0087 units per person | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 0.0087 units per person | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 18 | Georgia | 0.0085 units per person | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 0.0084 units per person | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 20 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0083 units per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 21 | Dominica | 0.0083 units per person | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 22 | Suriname | 0.0082 units per person | 2021 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 23 | Ireland | 0.0079 units per person | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 24 | Tonga | 0.0079 units per person | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 25 | Malaysia | 0.0077 units per person | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 26 | Guyana | 0.0076 units per person | 2024 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 27 | Cuba | 0.0075 units per person | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 28 | Kuwait | 0.0075 units per person | 2021 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 29 | Liechtenstein | 0.0072 units per person | 2021 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 30 | Eswatini, Kingdom of | 0.0072 units per person | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 31 | San Marino, Republic of | 0.0072 units per person | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 32 | Samoa | 0.0072 units per person | 2023 | up 35.9% | falling |
| 33 | Argentina | 0.0071 units per person | 2008 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 34 | Denmark | 0.007 units per person | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 0.007 units per person | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 36 | Namibia | 0.007 units per person | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 37 | Tunisia | 0.0069 units per person | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0069 units per person | 2024 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 38 | Least developed countries | 0.0037 units per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 39 | Liberia | 0.0069 units per person | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 40 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0069 units per person | 2023 | up 2,221.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Belgium | 0.0069 units per person | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 42 | Botswana | 0.0068 units per person | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 43 | Greece | 0.0068 units per person | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 44 | Fiji, Republic of | 0.0068 units per person | 2024 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 45 | Sweden | 0.0068 units per person | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 46 | Guatemala | 0.0066 units per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 47 | Bermuda | 0.0066 units per person | 2016 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 48 | Oman | 0.0066 units per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 49 | Solomon Islands | 0.0065 units per person | 2024 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 50 | Switzerland | 0.0065 units per person | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 51 | Lebanon | 0.0063 units per person | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 52 | Estonia, Republic of | 0.0063 units per person | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 53 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0063 units per person | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 54 | Bolivia | 0.0062 units per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 55 | New Caledonia | 0.006 units per person | 1991 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 56 | Belize | 0.006 units per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 57 | St. Lucia | 0.0059 units per person | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 58 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 0.0059 units per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 59 | Paraguay | 0.0059 units per person | 2012 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 60 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0059 units per person | 2024 | — | rising |
| 61 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0058 units per person | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 62 | Peru | 0.0058 units per person | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 63 | Cabo Verde | 0.0058 units per person | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 64 | Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands | 0.0058 units per person | 2016 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 0.0058 units per person | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 66 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 0.0058 units per person | 2017 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 67 | Guam | 0.0057 units per person | 1989 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 68 | Barbados | 0.0056 units per person | 2024 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0056 units per person | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 70 | Australia | 0.0056 units per person | 1999 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 71 | Uruguay | 0.0056 units per person | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 72 | Jordan | 0.0056 units per person | 2024 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 73 | Haiti | 0.0056 units per person | 1998 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 74 | Seychelles | 0.0055 units per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 75 | Netherlands, The | 0.0055 units per person | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 76 | Nauru, Republic of | 0.0055 units per person | 2025 | up 47.4% | falling |
| 77 | Finland | 0.0055 units per person | 2024 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 78 | Zambia | 0.0055 units per person | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 79 | Kiribati | 0.0055 units per person | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 80 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 0.0054 units per person | 2025 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | 0.0054 units per person | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 82 | Sierra Leone | 0.0054 units per person | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 83 | Latvia, Republic of | 0.0053 units per person | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 84 | Nepal | 0.0053 units per person | 2025 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 85 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0053 units per person | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 86 | Grenada | 0.0053 units per person | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 87 | United States | 0.0053 units per person | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 88 | Indonesia | 0.0053 units per person | 2025 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 89 | Qatar | 0.0052 units per person | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 90 | Algeria | 0.0052 units per person | 2025 | up 29.2% | falling |
| 91 | Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of | 0.0052 units per person | 2023 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 92 | Uganda | 0.0052 units per person | 2017 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 93 | Gibraltar | 0.0051 units per person | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 94 | Kenya | 0.0051 units per person | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 95 | Spain | 0.0051 units per person | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 96 | Monaco | 0.005 units per person | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 97 | Andorra, Principality of | 0.005 units per person | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 98 | New Zealand | 0.005 units per person | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 99 | Morocco | 0.005 units per person | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 100 | Mauritius | 0.0049 units per person | 2024 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 101 | Portugal | 0.0049 units per person | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 102 | Palestine | 0.0048 units per person | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 103 | Gabon | 0.0048 units per person | 2019 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 104 | Rwanda | 0.0048 units per person | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 105 | Chile | 0.0048 units per person | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 106 | China (People’s Republic of) | 0.0048 units per person | 2024 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 107 | Puerto Rico | 0.0048 units per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 108 | Gambia | 0.0048 units per person | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 109 | Mauritania, Islamic Republic of | 0.0048 units per person | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 110 | Panama | 0.0047 units per person | 2017 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 111 | Honduras | 0.0046 units per person | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 112 | Canada | 0.0046 units per person | 2000 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 113 | Comoros, Union of the | 0.0046 units per person | 2024 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 114 | Philippines | 0.0046 units per person | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 115 | South Africa | 0.0045 units per person | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 116 | Yemen, Republic of | 0.0045 units per person | 2016 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 117 | Lesotho, Kingdom of | 0.0044 units per person | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 118 | Mexico | 0.0044 units per person | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 119 | Togo | 0.0044 units per person | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 120 | Nicaragua | 0.0044 units per person | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 121 | Benin | 0.0043 units per person | 2022 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 122 | Cayman Islands | 0.0043 units per person | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 123 | Madagascar | 0.0043 units per person | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 124 | Ecuador | 0.0043 units per person | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 125 | Thailand | 0.0043 units per person | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 126 | Bhutan | 0.0043 units per person | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 127 | Italy | 0.0043 units per person | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 128 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 0.0042 units per person | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 129 | Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 0.0042 units per person | 2024 | up 57.0% | flat |
| 130 | Slovenia, Republic of | 0.0042 units per person | 2016 | up 37.1% | flat |
| 131 | Nigeria | 0.0042 units per person | 2021 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 132 | Cameroon | 0.0042 units per person | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 133 | Myanmar | 0.0042 units per person | 2018 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 134 | Egypt | 0.0041 units per person | 2024 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 135 | Jamaica | 0.0041 units per person | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 136 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0041 units per person | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 137 | United Kingdom | 0.0041 units per person | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 138 | Mozambique, Republic of | 0.0041 units per person | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 139 | Malawi | 0.0041 units per person | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 140 | Cyprus | 0.004 units per person | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 141 | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | 0.0039 units per person | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 142 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0039 units per person | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 143 | Albania | 0.0039 units per person | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 144 | Burkina Faso | 0.0039 units per person | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Senegal | 0.0039 units per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 146 | Hungary | 0.0039 units per person | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 147 | Austria | 0.0039 units per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 148 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 0.0038 units per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 149 | Viet Nam | 0.0038 units per person | 2024 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 150 | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 0.0038 units per person | 2024 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 151 | Bahamas, The | 0.0037 units per person | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 152 | Congo, Republic of | 0.0037 units per person | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 153 | Poland, Republic of | 0.0037 units per person | 2025 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 154 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0037 units per person | 2025 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 155 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0036 units per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 156 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 0.0036 units per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 157 | Ghana | 0.0036 units per person | 2024 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 158 | India | 0.0035 units per person | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 159 | Japan | 0.0035 units per person | 2023 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 160 | Eritrea, The State of | 0.0035 units per person | 2022 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 161 | Bulgaria | 0.0035 units per person | 2024 | up 70.9% | rising |
| 162 | Uzbekistan, Republic of | 0.0035 units per person | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 163 | Türkiye, Republic of | 0.0035 units per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 164 | Colombia | 0.0035 units per person | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 165 | El Salvador | 0.0035 units per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 166 | Croatia, Republic of | 0.0035 units per person | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 167 | France | 0.0035 units per person | 2013 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0034 units per person | 2010 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 169 | Slovak Republic | 0.0034 units per person | 2024 | up 32.0% | flat |
| 170 | Malta | 0.0034 units per person | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 171 | Germany | 0.0034 units per person | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 172 | Mongolia | 0.0034 units per person | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 173 | Tanzania | 0.0034 units per person | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 174 | Korea, Republic of | 0.0033 units per person | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 175 | Turkmenistan | 0.0033 units per person | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 176 | Sri Lanka | 0.0033 units per person | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 177 | Brazil | 0.0033 units per person | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 178 | Guinea | 0.0033 units per person | 2020 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 179 | Côte d’Ivoire | 0.0033 units per person | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 180 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.0031 units per person | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 181 | Lithuania, Republic of | 0.0031 units per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 182 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0031 units per person | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 183 | Burundi | 0.003 units per person | 2025 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Singapore | 0.0028 units per person | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 185 | Ukraine | 0.0028 units per person | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 186 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 0.0028 units per person | 2025 | down 46.4% | rising |
| 187 | Equatorial Guinea, Republic of | 0.0028 units per person | 2015 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 188 | Chad | 0.0027 units per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 189 | Angola | 0.0026 units per person | 2023 | down 46.4% | rising |
| 190 | Cambodia | 0.0026 units per person | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 191 | Niger | 0.0026 units per person | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 0.0026 units per person | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Mali | 0.0025 units per person | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Serbia, Republic of | 0.0025 units per person | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 195 | Romania | 0.0025 units per person | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 196 | Armenia | 0.0025 units per person | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 197 | Czech Republic | 0.0025 units per person | 2013 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 198 | Belarus, Republic of | 0.0024 units per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 199 | Djibouti | 0.0024 units per person | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 200 | Russian Federation | 0.0023 units per person | 2023 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 201 | Bangladesh | 0.0022 units per person | 2024 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 202 | Central African Republic | 0.0021 units per person | 2016 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 203 | Pakistan | 0.0018 units per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 204 | Somalia | 0.0011 units per person | 2007 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Other small states 0.0142 units per person
- Small states 0.012 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.0092 units per person
- Pacific island small states 0.0068 units per person
- North America 0.0053 units per person
- Arab World 0.0052 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.005 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.005 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0048 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0047 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0046 units per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0.0045 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Primary education, teachers divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Primary education, teachers ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Primary education, teachers Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Primary education, teachers divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.