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Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre by country

Teachers in primary education, female (number) 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
200
Highest
70.06 units per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0.003 units per square kilometre
Central African Republic
Median
0.3115 units per square kilometre
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
5,856

What the numbers show

Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 70.06 units per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0.003 units per square kilometre in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3115 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.7 units per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23,440.

Over the past decade 151 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia, Federated States of (up 2,964.7%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 39.8%).

Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 70.06 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
2 Macau, China 69.79 units per square kilometre 2023 up 49.8% rising
3 Hong Kong, China 20.84 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.4% rising
4 Singapore 18.67 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.5% rising
5 Gibraltar 16.4 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% rising
6 Maldives 11.68 units per square kilometre 2022 up 41.8% rising
7 Bahrain 8.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% volatile
8 Bermuda 6.87 units per square kilometre 2016 down 26.8% rising
9 Malta 5.69 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.9% rising
10 San Marino 3.83 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% rising
11 Israel 3.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.2% rising
12 Palestine, State of 3.21 units per square kilometre 2023 up 50.1% rising
13 Lebanon 3.18 units per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% rising
14 Tuvalu 3.17 units per square kilometre 2023 down 15.9% rising
15 Barbados 2.92 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.6% rising
16 Aruba 2.88 units per square kilometre 2015 up 13.3% rising
17 Netherlands 2.61 units per square kilometre 2023 down 7.1% volatile
18 Naoero 2.4 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.7% flat
19 Antigua and Barbuda 2.33 units per square kilometre 2023 up 47.0% rising
20 Mauritius 2.24 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.3% rising
21 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.23 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.1% rising
22 Belgium 2.19 units per square kilometre 2023 up 18.7% rising
23 Bangladesh 1.94 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% volatile
24 American Samoa 1.71 units per square kilometre 1992 up 86.3% rising
25 British Virgin Islands 1.67 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% rising
26 Kuwait 1.66 units per square kilometre 2021 up 26.2% volatile
27 Luxembourg 1.62 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.6% rising
28 Marshall Islands 1.61 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
29 Philippines 1.58 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.9% rising
30 Rwanda 1.56 units per square kilometre 2023 up 80.2% volatile
31 Grenada 1.49 units per square kilometre 2022 down 20.7% rising
32 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.48 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% rising
33 Saint Lucia 1.47 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.5% rising
34 Liechtenstein 1.43 units per square kilometre 2021 up 13.9% flat
35 Puerto Rico 1.42 units per square kilometre 2018 down 39.8% falling
36 Korea 1.35 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
37 Trinidad and Tobago 1.32 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.8% rising
38 Dominican Republic 1.32 units per square kilometre 2023 up 47.9% rising
39 Seychelles 1.32 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% rising
40 Cayman Islands 1.3 units per square kilometre 2023 up 16.0% rising
41 Switzerland 1.2 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.5% rising
42 Sri Lanka 1.04 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.5% rising
43 Jamaica 1.04 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% rising
44 Burundi 1.02 units per square kilometre 2020 up 36.0% volatile
45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.4% rising
46 Comoros 0.9925 units per square kilometre 2022 up 58.1% volatile
47 Qatar 0.9631 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.2% volatile
48 Viet Nam 0.9563 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
49 Tonga 0.9278 units per square kilometre 2023 up 41.5% rising
50 India 0.9196 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.9% volatile
51 El Salvador 0.8148 units per square kilometre 2023 down 24.6% flat
52 Italy 0.8003 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.8% rising
53 Kiribati 0.7765 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.3% rising
54 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.7443 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2,964.7% volatile
55 Denmark 0.7187 units per square kilometre 2023 down 4.5% rising
56 Syrian Arab Republic 0.7173 units per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
57 Japan 0.7164 units per square kilometre 1998 up 2.0% rising
58 Andorra 0.7106 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.1% rising
59 Cuba 0.6947 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
60 Germany 0.6868 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.0% rising
61 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6823 units per square kilometre 2017 up 19.5% rising
62 Costa Rica 0.6811 units per square kilometre 2023 up 21.4% rising
63 Dominica 0.6547 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% rising
64 Guatemala 0.6363 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% volatile
65 Gambia 0.6042 units per square kilometre 2023 up 196.4% volatile
66 Brunei Darussalam 0.57 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.6% rising
67 Nepal 0.5623 units per square kilometre 2023 up 8.8% volatile
68 Jordan 0.5609 units per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% volatile
69 Nigeria 0.5539 units per square kilometre 2021 up 82.3% volatile
70 Indonesia 0.5507 units per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% rising
71 Malaysia 0.5499 units per square kilometre 2023 down 4.7% rising
72 China 0.5251 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.3% rising
73 Haiti 0.5232 units per square kilometre 1998 up 30.8% rising
74 Ireland 0.517 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.0% rising
75 Cyprus 0.4918 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.5% volatile
76 Cape Verde 0.4777 units per square kilometre 2022 down 4.0% rising
77 Portugal 0.4662 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% falling
78 Samoa 0.4529 units per square kilometre 2023 up 62.4% rising
79 Iraq 0.4514 units per square kilometre 2007 up 91.2% volatile
80 Azerbaijan 0.4469 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
81 Uganda 0.4451 units per square kilometre 2017 up 49.2% volatile
82 Thailand 0.4304 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19.8% rising
83 Georgia 0.4193 units per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% rising
84 Slovenia 0.4185 units per square kilometre 2016 up 40.9% rising
85 Malawi 0.4178 units per square kilometre 2023 up 51.7% rising
86 Greece 0.4148 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.5% rising
87 Tunisia 0.3916 units per square kilometre 2023 up 71.7% rising
88 Hungary 0.3913 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% falling
89 Spain 0.3787 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% rising
90 French Polynesia 0.3773 units per square kilometre 1996 up 7.9% rising
91 Pakistan 0.377 units per square kilometre 2023 up 40.3% volatile
92 United Arab Emirates 0.3751 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% volatile
93 Poland 0.3727 units per square kilometre 2023 down 36.7% falling
94 Eswatini 0.3605 units per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% rising
95 Austria 0.3549 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% rising
96 France 0.3535 units per square kilometre 2013 up 16.2% rising
97 Ghana 0.3518 units per square kilometre 2021 up 75.3% volatile
98 Slovakia 0.3411 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.4% flat
99 Egypt 0.3274 units per square kilometre 2023 up 62.2% rising
100 Czechia 0.3166 units per square kilometre 2012 down 16.5% falling
101 Albania 0.3064 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.4% falling
102 Kenya 0.2932 units per square kilometre 2023 up 97.2% rising
103 Honduras 0.2829 units per square kilometre 2022 up 15.4% rising
104 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.2689 units per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
105 Myanmar 0.2675 units per square kilometre 2018 up 17.8% rising
106 North Macedonia 0.2633 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.7% rising
107 Morocco 0.2546 units per square kilometre 2023 up 35.9% volatile
108 Uzbekistan 0.2541 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
109 Timor-Leste 0.2537 units per square kilometre 2023 up 23.1% rising
110 Ecuador 0.2527 units per square kilometre 2023 down 3.7% rising
111 Armenia 0.2491 units per square kilometre 2023 — falling
112 Lesotho 0.245 units per square kilometre 2023 down 13.1% rising
113 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.2442 units per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% rising
114 Türkiye 0.2392 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% rising
115 Fiji 0.2306 units per square kilometre 2023 up 92.9% rising
116 Palau 0.2304 units per square kilometre 2023 — rising
117 Croatia 0.2244 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.4% rising
118 Republic of Moldova 0.2227 units per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% falling
119 Sierra Leone 0.2112 units per square kilometre 2023 up 50.7% volatile
120 Mexico 0.2068 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.9% rising
121 Bulgaria 0.2006 units per square kilometre 2023 up 60.5% falling
122 Panama 0.1974 units per square kilometre 2017 up 6.2% rising
123 Romania 0.1935 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% falling
124 Nicaragua 0.1923 units per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% rising
125 Serbia 0.1914 units per square kilometre 2022 up 8.5% rising
126 Tajikistan 0.1893 units per square kilometre 2017 up 31.2% rising
127 South Africa 0.186 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.6% rising
128 Bahamas 0.1821 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% rising
129 Ukraine 0.1811 units per square kilometre 2023 up 6.8% flat
130 Estonia 0.1786 units per square kilometre 2023 up 28.4% rising
131 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.1757 units per square kilometre 2023 up 42.7% rising
132 United States of America 0.1702 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1644 units per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% flat
134 Benin 0.157 units per square kilometre 2022 up 88.2% volatile
135 Burkina Faso 0.1552 units per square kilometre 2023 up 100.9% volatile
136 Cameroon 0.1515 units per square kilometre 2023 up 65.8% volatile
137 Cambodia 0.1508 units per square kilometre 2023 up 20.8% rising
138 Togo 0.1503 units per square kilometre 2023 up 62.2% volatile
139 Ethiopia 0.1443 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.8% volatile
140 Latvia 0.1443 units per square kilometre 2023 down 5.8% rising
141 Sweden 0.1442 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.9% rising
142 Zimbabwe 0.1363 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.5% rising
143 Lithuania 0.1351 units per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% falling
144 Kyrgyzstan 0.1305 units per square kilometre 2023 up 48.9% rising
145 Madagascar 0.1257 units per square kilometre 2023 up 265.1% volatile
146 Colombia 0.1255 units per square kilometre 2022 down 4.7% rising
147 Senegal 0.125 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.3% volatile
148 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1229 units per square kilometre 2023 up 111.9% volatile
149 Peru 0.1154 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% rising
150 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.1128 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.7% volatile
151 Belarus 0.1102 units per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% falling
152 Vanuatu 0.1097 units per square kilometre 2023 up 24.1% volatile
153 Norway 0.1045 units per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
154 Afghanistan 0.1042 units per square kilometre 2023 up 67.4% volatile
155 Chile 0.1037 units per square kilometre 2023 up 26.3% rising
156 Uruguay 0.0935 units per square kilometre 1997 up 38.1% rising
157 Argentina 0.0922 units per square kilometre 2008 up 21.0% rising
158 Brazil 0.0857 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% rising
159 New Zealand 0.0854 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.2% rising
160 Belize 0.0843 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% rising
161 Mozambique 0.0804 units per square kilometre 2022 up 57.9% volatile
162 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0801 units per square kilometre 2023 up 106.3% volatile
163 Finland 0.0795 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.3% rising
164 Solomon Islands 0.0738 units per square kilometre 2019 down 4.9% volatile
165 Guinea 0.0732 units per square kilometre 2020 up 81.4% volatile
166 Algeria 0.0715 units per square kilometre 2023 up 79.7% rising
167 Oman 0.0697 units per square kilometre 2023 down 18.7% volatile
168 Equatorial Guinea 0.0636 units per square kilometre 2015 up 155.7% volatile
169 Paraguay 0.0622 units per square kilometre 2012 down 3.9% rising
170 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0616 units per square kilometre 2023 down 18.1% rising
171 Liberia 0.0606 units per square kilometre 2022 up 66.9% rising
172 Saudi Arabia 0.0583 units per square kilometre 2022 down 21.6% rising
173 Zambia 0.053 units per square kilometre 2017 up 62.7% volatile
174 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0462 units per square kilometre 2023 down 6.0% rising
175 Papua New Guinea 0.0446 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.7% volatile
176 Djibouti 0.0442 units per square kilometre 2023 up 127.6% volatile
177 Eritrea 0.0437 units per square kilometre 2022 up 59.6% rising
178 Turkmenistan 0.043 units per square kilometre 2023 — rising
179 Guinea-Bissau 0.0416 units per square kilometre 2010 up 69.8% rising
180 Congo 0.0415 units per square kilometre 2023 up 60.3% volatile
181 Kazakhstan 0.0383 units per square kilometre 2023 up 63.8% rising
182 Angola 0.0381 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% rising
183 Bhutan 0.0375 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% volatile
184 Niger 0.0302 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.5% volatile
185 Suriname 0.0302 units per square kilometre 2021 up 6.0% rising
186 Iceland 0.0288 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.9% rising
187 Gabon 0.0244 units per square kilometre 2019 down 8.2% volatile
188 Guyana 0.0225 units per square kilometre 2023 up 22.5% rising
189 Botswana 0.0217 units per square kilometre 2022 up 13.9% rising
190 Russian Federation 0.0198 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.2% falling
191 Namibia 0.0167 units per square kilometre 2023 up 93.4% rising
192 Mali 0.0157 units per square kilometre 2023 up 28.9% volatile
193 Libya 0.0129 units per square kilometre 1983 up 436.2% volatile
194 Canada 0.0107 units per square kilometre 2000 down 6.7% flat
195 Australia 0.0104 units per square kilometre 1997 up 22.5% rising
196 Chad 0.0083 units per square kilometre 2023 up 98.5% volatile
197 Mongolia 0.0074 units per square kilometre 2023 up 34.7% rising
198 Mauritania 0.0049 units per square kilometre 2020 down 1.3% volatile
199 Somalia 0.0034 units per square kilometre 2007 — volatile
200 Central African Republic 0.003 units per square kilometre 2016 up 163.0% rising

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Teachers in primary education, female (number) 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.

Teachers in primary education, female (number) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
200 places, 5,856 data points, 1970–2023
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Teachers in primary education, female (number) 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.