Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre by country
Primary education, teachers divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
205
Highest
88.29 units per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0.0076 units per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
0.4253 units per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
9,159
What the numbers show
Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 88.29 units per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0.0076 units per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.4253 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 2.15 units per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11,592.
Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia, Federated States of (up 2,318.8%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 44.5%).
Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 88.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 2 | Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 85.94 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China | 27.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 4 | Singapore | 23.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 19.7 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 6 | Maldives | 15.57 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 7 | Bahrain, Kingdom of | 11.2 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Bermuda | 7.78 units per square kilometre | 2016 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 9 | Malta | 6.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 10 | Israel | 4.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 11 | Palestine, State of | 4.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 12 | San Marino, Republic of | 4.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 13 | Barbados | 3.79 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 14 | Lebanon | 3.54 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 15 | Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands | 3.49 units per square kilometre | 2016 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 16 | Tuvalu | 3.33 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 17 | Naoero, Republic of | 3.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.0% | falling |
| 18 | Netherlands, The | 2.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 2.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 20 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.93 units per square kilometre | 1993 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 21 | Mauritius | 2.82 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 22 | Rwanda | 2.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Belgium | 2.65 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 24 | Marshall Islands, Republic of the | 2.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 25 | American Samoa | 2.62 units per square kilometre | 1992 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 26 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 27 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.47 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 27 | Least developed countries | 0.2164 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Comoros, Union of the | 2.32 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 2.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 30 | Burundi | 2.02 units per square kilometre | 2020 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Grenada | 1.99 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 32 | British Virgin Islands | 1.86 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Kuwait | 1.84 units per square kilometre | 2021 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Philippines | 1.79 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 35 | Liechtenstein, Principality of | 1.77 units per square kilometre | 2021 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 36 | Korea, Republic of | 1.76 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 37 | St. Lucia | 1.73 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 1.63 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 39 | Puerto Rico | 1.63 units per square kilometre | 2018 | down 44.5% | rising |
| 40 | India | 1.62 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 41 | Haiti | 1.61 units per square kilometre | 1998 | up 110.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.6 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 43 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 44 | Cayman Islands | 1.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 45 | Seychelles | 1.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 46 | Switzerland | 1.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 47 | Guam | 1.44 units per square kilometre | 1989 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 48 | Gambia, The | 1.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 49 | São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of | 1.24 units per square kilometre | 2017 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 50 | Qatar | 1.22 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Vietnam | 1.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 52 | Japan | 1.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 1.19 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 54 | United Kingdom | 1.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 55 | Jamaica | 1.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 56 | Tonga | 1.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 57 | Nepal | 1.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,318.8% | volatile |
| 59 | El Salvador | 1.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 60 | Denmark | 1.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 61 | Uganda | 1.03 units per square kilometre | 2017 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Nigeria | 1 units per square kilometre | 2021 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 63 | Guatemala | 0.9651 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Kiribati | 0.916 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 65 | Malawi | 0.9063 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 66 | Andorra, Principality of | 0.8894 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 0.8598 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 68 | Italy | 0.8479 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 69 | Cuba | 0.8363 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 70 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.7972 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 71 | Germany | 0.7864 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 72 | Malaysia | 0.7751 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 73 | Indonesia | 0.7737 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 74 | Ghana | 0.7595 units per square kilometre | 2021 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 75 | Cabo Verde | 0.7521 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 76 | Dominica | 0.736 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 77 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.7304 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 78 | China, People's Republic of | 0.7157 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 79 | Togo | 0.7128 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Jordan | 0.7098 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Pakistan | 0.6679 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 82 | Iraq | 0.6559 units per square kilometre | 2007 | up 97.2% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 0.6374 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Thailand | 0.6281 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 85 | Ireland | 0.612 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 86 | Cyprus | 0.5832 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 87 | Portugal | 0.5691 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 88 | French Polynesia | 0.5607 units per square kilometre | 1996 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 89 | Samoa | 0.5604 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.3% | flat |
| 90 | Greece | 0.5483 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 91 | Tunisia | 0.5445 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 92 | Benin | 0.5298 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5265 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Eswatini, Kingdom of | 0.5163 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 95 | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.5036 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 96 | Spain | 0.487 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 97 | Kenya | 0.4846 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 98 | Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of | 0.4804 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 99 | Azerbaijan, Republic of | 0.4781 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 100 | Georgia | 0.4613 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 101 | Slovenia, Republic of | 0.4301 units per square kilometre | 2016 | up 41.1% | flat |
| 102 | France | 0.4258 units per square kilometre | 2013 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 103 | Poland, Republic of | 0.4253 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 104 | Hungary | 0.4107 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 105 | Morocco | 0.4049 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 106 | Türkiye, Republic of | 0.3898 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 107 | Austria | 0.3875 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 108 | Liberia | 0.3863 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 109 | Slovak Republic | 0.3831 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.1% | flat |
| 110 | Senegal | 0.374 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Honduras | 0.3711 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 112 | Fiji, Republic of | 0.3613 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.8% | rising |
| 113 | Albania | 0.3498 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 114 | Czech Republic | 0.3364 units per square kilometre | 2013 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 115 | Myanmar | 0.3333 units per square kilometre | 2018 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 116 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.3318 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Lesotho, Kingdom of | 0.3301 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 118 | Venezuela, República Bolivariana de | 0.3213 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Ecuador | 0.3205 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 120 | Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of | 0.3173 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 121 | North Macedonia, Republic of | 0.3062 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 0.3061 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Mexico | 0.2942 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 124 | Tajikistan, Republic of | 0.2916 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 125 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Armenia, Republic of | 0.2784 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 127 | Uzbekistan, Republic of | 0.2751 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 128 | Yemen, Republic of | 0.2743 units per square kilometre | 2016 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 129 | Palau, Republic of | 0.2696 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 130 | Panama | 0.2573 units per square kilometre | 2017 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 131 | Cambodia | 0.2544 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 132 | Cameroon | 0.2517 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of | 0.2502 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.2475 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Nicaragua | 0.2469 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 136 | Croatia, Republic of | 0.2402 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 137 | South Africa | 0.2368 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 138 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.2341 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 139 | Madagascar, Republic of | 0.2325 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 387.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.2295 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 141 | Moldova, Republic of | 0.2268 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 0.2224 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 143 | Serbia, Republic of | 0.2214 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 144 | Bahamas, The | 0.2143 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 145 | Bulgaria | 0.2136 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.2% | falling |
| 146 | Romania | 0.2076 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 0.1987 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Estonia, Republic of | 0.1983 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 149 | United States | 0.1946 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.191 units per square kilometre | 2010 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 151 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1899 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 152 | Ukraine | 0.1833 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 0.1793 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 154 | Guinea | 0.1787 units per square kilometre | 2020 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Sweden | 0.1764 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 156 | Mozambique, Republic of | 0.1699 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Peru | 0.1698 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 158 | Colombia | 0.1629 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 159 | Latvia, Republic of | 0.156 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea, Republic of | 0.1434 units per square kilometre | 2015 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Norway | 0.1414 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 162 | Lithuania, Republic of | 0.1406 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 163 | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.1323 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 164 | Chile | 0.128 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 165 | Djibouti | 0.1182 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.1128 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 167 | Belarus, Republic of | 0.1107 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 168 | Belize | 0.1104 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 169 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1092 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 170 | Uruguay | 0.1079 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 171 | Argentina | 0.1055 units per square kilometre | 2008 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 172 | Zambia | 0.1051 units per square kilometre | 2017 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 173 | New Zealand | 0.101 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 174 | Finland | 0.0997 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 175 | Eritrea, The State of | 0.0992 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 176 | Brazil | 0.0981 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 177 | Oman | 0.0974 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0903 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Paraguay | 0.0873 units per square kilometre | 2012 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 180 | Algeria | 0.0864 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 181 | Bhutan | 0.0841 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Angola | 0.077 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Bolivia | 0.0706 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 184 | Congo, Republic of | 0.0674 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 185 | New Caledonia | 0.06 units per square kilometre | 1991 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 186 | Niger | 0.0539 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Turkmenistan | 0.0521 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 188 | Mali | 0.0491 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Gabon | 0.0424 units per square kilometre | 2019 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 190 | Kazakhstan, Republic of | 0.0417 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 191 | Chad | 0.0408 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Iceland | 0.0354 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 193 | Suriname | 0.0316 units per square kilometre | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 194 | Botswana | 0.0293 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 195 | Guyana | 0.0254 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 196 | Libya | 0.0243 units per square kilometre | 1983 | up 140.3% | rising |
| 197 | Namibia | 0.0237 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.2% | rising |
| 198 | Mauritania, Islamic Republic of | 0.0217 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 199 | Somalia | 0.0205 units per square kilometre | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 200 | Russian Federation | 0.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 201 | Canada | 0.0157 units per square kilometre | 2000 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 202 | Central African Republic | 0.0157 units per square kilometre | 2016 | up 109.7% | rising |
| 203 | Australia | 0.0137 units per square kilometre | 1999 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 204 | Mongolia | 0.0076 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 1.69 units per square kilometre
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 1.69 units per square kilometre
- Other small states 0.6529 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.6317 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.6317 units per square kilometre
- Lower middle income 0.5891 units per square kilometre
- Euro area 0.5308 units per square kilometre
- European Union 0.4738 units per square kilometre
- IDA blend 0.4601 units per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific 0.4469 units per square kilometre
- Early-demographic dividend 0.4086 units per square kilometre
- Middle income 0.3918 units per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Primary education, teachers divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Primary education, teachers ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Primary education, teachers Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.