Teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita by country
Teachers in primary education, male (number) 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
200
Highest
0.0058 units per person
Liberia
Lowest
0 units per person
Belarus
Median
0.0012 units per person
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
6,053
What the numbers show
Teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 0.0058 units per person in Liberia; the lowest is 0 units per person in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0012 units per person, and the mean is 0.0014 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 489.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Micronesia, Federated States of (up 1,519.1%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 87.5%).
Teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberia | 0.0058 units per person | 2022 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 2 | Libya | 0.0054 units per person | 1983 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 0.005 units per person | 2024 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 4 | Haiti | 0.0038 units per person | 1998 | up 140.3% | rising |
| 5 | American Samoa | 0.0037 units per person | 1992 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 6 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0036 units per person | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 0.0036 units per person | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 8 | Togo | 0.0034 units per person | 2024 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 9 | Iraq | 0.0032 units per person | 2007 | up 60.6% | falling |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 0.0031 units per person | 2019 | down 36.2% | flat |
| 11 | Benin | 0.0031 units per person | 2022 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 12 | French Polynesia | 0.003 units per person | 1996 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 13 | Uganda | 0.0029 units per person | 2017 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 14 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0029 units per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0029 units per person | 2024 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 16 | Mauritania | 0.0028 units per person | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0027 units per person | 2010 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 18 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0026 units per person | 2017 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 19 | Comoros | 0.0026 units per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 20 | Gambia | 0.0026 units per person | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 21 | Senegal | 0.0026 units per person | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 22 | Norway | 0.0025 units per person | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 23 | Kenya | 0.0024 units per person | 2023 | up 16.9% | flat |
| 24 | Timor-Leste | 0.0024 units per person | 2023 | down 41.8% | rising |
| 25 | Nepal | 0.0024 units per person | 2025 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 26 | Fiji | 0.0024 units per person | 2024 | up 47.5% | falling |
| 27 | Denmark | 0.0023 units per person | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 28 | Bhutan | 0.0023 units per person | 2024 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 29 | Malaysia | 0.0023 units per person | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 0.0023 units per person | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 31 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0022 units per person | 2023 | up 1,519.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Zambia | 0.0022 units per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 33 | Guatemala | 0.0022 units per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 34 | Eswatini | 0.0022 units per person | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 0.0022 units per person | 2022 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 0.0021 units per person | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 37 | Malawi | 0.0021 units per person | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 38 | Cape Verde | 0.0021 units per person | 2022 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 39 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0021 units per person | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 40 | Chad | 0.0021 units per person | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 41 | Rwanda | 0.0021 units per person | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 0.0021 units per person | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 0.0021 units per person | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 44 | Namibia | 0.002 units per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 45 | Gabon | 0.002 units per person | 2019 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.002 units per person | 2024 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 47 | Papua New Guinea | 0.002 units per person | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 48 | Eritrea | 0.002 units per person | 2022 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 49 | Madagascar | 0.002 units per person | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 50 | Tunisia | 0.0019 units per person | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 51 | Burkina Faso | 0.0019 units per person | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Guinea | 0.0019 units per person | 2020 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 53 | Nigeria | 0.0019 units per person | 2021 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 54 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0018 units per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 55 | Ghana | 0.0018 units per person | 2024 | down 41.2% | rising |
| 56 | Botswana | 0.0018 units per person | 2022 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 57 | Morocco | 0.0018 units per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 58 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0018 units per person | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 59 | Mali | 0.0017 units per person | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 60 | Iceland | 0.0017 units per person | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 61 | Tonga | 0.0017 units per person | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 0.0017 units per person | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 63 | Paraguay | 0.0017 units per person | 2012 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 64 | Palau | 0.0017 units per person | 2024 | — | rising |
| 65 | Peru | 0.0017 units per person | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 66 | Central African Republic | 0.0017 units per person | 2016 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 67 | Oman | 0.0017 units per person | 2024 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 68 | Greece | 0.0017 units per person | 2023 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 69 | Cameroon | 0.0016 units per person | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 70 | Algeria | 0.0016 units per person | 2025 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 0.0016 units per person | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 72 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0015 units per person | 2015 | down 19.0% | flat |
| 73 | Djibouti | 0.0015 units per person | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 74 | India | 0.0015 units per person | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 75 | Canada | 0.0015 units per person | 2000 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 76 | Indonesia | 0.0015 units per person | 2025 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 77 | Congo | 0.0014 units per person | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 78 | Cuba | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 79 | Ethiopia | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 80 | Egypt | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 30.3% | flat |
| 81 | Samoa | 0.0014 units per person | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 82 | Liechtenstein | 0.0014 units per person | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 83 | Türkiye | 0.0014 units per person | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 84 | Bahrain | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 85 | Belize | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 86 | Thailand | 0.0014 units per person | 2025 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 87 | Burundi | 0.0013 units per person | 2025 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 88 | Angola | 0.0013 units per person | 2023 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 89 | Barbados | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 90 | Mexico | 0.0013 units per person | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 91 | Maldives | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 92 | Australia | 0.0013 units per person | 1997 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 93 | Israel | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 94 | Grenada | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 95 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0013 units per person | 2025 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 96 | Sweden | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 97 | Ireland | 0.0012 units per person | 2023 | up 16.3% | flat |
| 98 | China | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 99 | Belgium | 0.0012 units per person | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 100 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Lesotho | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 102 | Spain | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 103 | Jordan | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 104 | Niger | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 105 | Finland | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 106 | Palestine, State of | 0.0011 units per person | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 107 | Honduras | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 108 | Qatar | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Panama | 0.0011 units per person | 2017 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 110 | Switzerland | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 111 | Cambodia | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 112 | Naoero | 0.001 units per person | 2025 | up 257.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 114 | Monaco | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | up 50.7% | rising |
| 115 | South Africa | 0.001 units per person | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 116 | Guyana | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | up 54.8% | falling |
| 117 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.001 units per person | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 0.001 units per person | 2023 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 119 | Somalia | 0.0009 units per person | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Andorra | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 121 | El Salvador | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 122 | Dominica | 0.0009 units per person | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 123 | Tajikistan | 0.0009 units per person | 2017 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 124 | Hong Kong, China | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | up 26.2% | falling |
| 125 | Argentina | 0.0009 units per person | 2008 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 126 | Chile | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 127 | Portugal | 0.0009 units per person | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 128 | Aruba | 0.0009 units per person | 2015 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 129 | Ecuador | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 130 | Japan | 0.0009 units per person | 1998 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 131 | Gibraltar | 0.0009 units per person | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 132 | Kiribati | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 133 | Pakistan | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 134 | Tuvalu | 0.0008 units per person | 2025 | up 131.0% | falling |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 136 | Myanmar | 0.0008 units per person | 2018 | up 37.0% | falling |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 138 | Mauritius | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 139 | Colombia | 0.0008 units per person | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 140 | Macau, China | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | up 122.0% | rising |
| 141 | Viet Nam | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 142 | Korea | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 143 | Georgia | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 144 | New Zealand | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 145 | Bermuda | 0.0008 units per person | 2016 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 147 | Kuwait | 0.0007 units per person | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 148 | Netherlands | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 149 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0007 units per person | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Seychelles | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 152 | United States of America | 0.0007 units per person | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 153 | Cayman Islands | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 154 | Estonia | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 155 | Lebanon | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 156 | Cyprus | 0.0006 units per person | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 0.0006 units per person | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 158 | France | 0.0006 units per person | 2013 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 159 | Puerto Rico | 0.0006 units per person | 2018 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 160 | San Marino | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 161 | Turkmenistan | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 162 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0006 units per person | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 163 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | — | falling |
| 164 | Singapore | 0.0005 units per person | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 165 | Philippines | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 166 | Malta | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 167 | Poland | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 168 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0005 units per person | 2023 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Kazakhstan | 0.0005 units per person | 2025 | up 473.1% | volatile |
| 170 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 171 | Jamaica | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 172 | Albania | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 173 | Germany | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 174 | Latvia | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 175 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0004 units per person | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 176 | Sri Lanka | 0.0004 units per person | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 177 | Suriname | 0.0004 units per person | 2021 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Slovakia | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 179 | Brazil | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 180 | Austria | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 181 | Bahamas | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Serbia | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 183 | Italy | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Armenia | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Uzbekistan | 0.0002 units per person | 2025 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 186 | Croatia | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 187 | Azerbaijan | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 188 | Bulgaria | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 76.3% | falling |
| 189 | Hungary | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Romania | 0.0002 units per person | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 191 | Uruguay | 0.0002 units per person | 1997 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 192 | Lithuania | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Slovenia | 0.0001 units per person | 2016 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Mongolia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 195 | Czechia | 0.0001 units per person | 2012 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 196 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 197 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per person | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 198 | Ukraine | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Russian Federation | 0 units per person | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 200 | Belarus | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Teachers in primary education, male (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Teachers in primary education, male (number) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Teachers in primary education, male UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- 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
Teachers in primary education, male (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.