Number of employed employees, by industry: Education by country

Countries reporting
29
Highest
17,971
Colombia
Lowest
353
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Median
1,044
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
334

What the numbers show

Number of employed employees, by industry: Education is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 17,971 in Colombia; the lowest is 353 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,044, and the mean is 2,663.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 51.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 347.8%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 84.0%).

Number of employed employees, by industry: Education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Colombia 17,971 2017 down 4.4% volatile
2 Brazil 10,204 2015 down 2.0% flat
3 Chile 7,452 2017 up 26.0% rising
4 Pakistan 5,941 2020 up 73.0% rising
5 Jordan 5,182 2016 down 27.1% rising
6 Philippines 4,271 2019 up 124.7% volatile
7 Morocco 3,068 2009 β€” rising
8 Uruguay 2,684 2017 down 26.3% rising
9 Ecuador 2,420 2017 up 32.7% rising
10 Ethiopia 2,003 2016 up 51.1% rising
11 Peru 1,725 2017 down 25.9% rising
12 Armenia 1,618 2021 up 49.1% volatile
13 Sri Lanka 1,300 2016 up 21.4% rising
14 Bolivia 1,048 2019 β€” rising
15 Zambia 1,044 2015 down 4.2% rising
16 Guatemala 1,029 2017 up 6.2% rising
17 Costa Rica 1,012 2015 up 8.8% rising
18 Australia 1,010 2015 up 27.0% rising
19 Ukraine 944 2013 up 15.1% flat
20 El Salvador 905 2014 up 6.7% rising
21 Mauritius 889 2012 up 82.9% rising
22 Moldova 609 2015 up 347.8% volatile
23 Dominican Republic 526 2019 up 1.5% rising
24 Palestine 479 2017 down 78.7% volatile
25 Argentina 395 2014 down 84.0% falling
26 Paraguay 392 2010 down 37.3% falling
27 Russia 382 2011 up 137.3% rising
28 Honduras 375 2016 down 74.3% volatile
29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 353 2016 up 11.4% rising

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Number of employed employees, by industry: Education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 334 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed