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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
204
Highest
88.29 units per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0.0076 units per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
0.4256 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 204 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 0.4256 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 2.16 units per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11,592.

Over the past decade 144 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia (country) (up 2,318.8%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 44.5%).

Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 88.29 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.5% rising
2 Macao 85.94 units per square kilometre 2023 up 60.5% rising
3 Hong Kong 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 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 4.16 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.1% rising
12 San Marino 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 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 Nauru 3.1 units per square kilometre 2023 up 55.0% falling
18 Netherlands 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 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 Saint 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
28 Comoros 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 1.77 units per square kilometre 2021 up 10.1% falling
36 South Korea 1.76 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
37 Saint 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 Saint 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 1.31 units per square kilometre 2023 up 93.0% volatile
49 Sao Tome and Principe 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 (country) 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 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 Syria 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 Cape 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 0.7304 units per square kilometre 2023 down 7.2% rising
78 China 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 0.5163 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% rising
95 Egypt 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 East Timor 0.4804 units per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% rising
99 Azerbaijan 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 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 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 Turkey 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 Slovakia 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 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 Czechia 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 Cote d'Ivoire 0.3318 units per square kilometre 2023 up 43.2% volatile
117 Lesotho 0.3301 units per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% rising
118 Venezuela 0.3213 units per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
119 Ecuador 0.3205 units per square kilometre 2023 down 10.3% rising
120 Ethiopia 0.3173 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% volatile
121 North Macedonia 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 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 0.2784 units per square kilometre 2023 down 20.3% falling
127 Uzbekistan 0.2751 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.3% rising
128 Yemen 0.2743 units per square kilometre 2016 up 30.2% rising
129 Palau 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 0.2502 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% volatile
134 Democratic Republic of Congo 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 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 0.2341 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
139 Madagascar 0.2325 units per square kilometre 2023 up 387.2% volatile
140 Iran 0.2295 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.1% rising
141 Moldova 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 0.2214 units per square kilometre 2022 up 4.6% rising
144 Bahamas 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 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 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 0.156 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% rising
160 Equatorial Guinea 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 0.1406 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% falling
163 Kyrgyzstan 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 Laos 0.1128 units per square kilometre 2023 down 24.1% rising
167 Belarus 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 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 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 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 0.0217 units per square kilometre 2023 up 39.1% volatile
199 Somalia 0.0205 units per square kilometre 2007 — volatile
200 Russia 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

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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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)

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Indicator
Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
249 places, 9,159 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

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.