Number of employed employees, by occupation: Teachers by country
Countries reporting
25
Highest
6,208
Brazil
Lowest
217
Honduras
Median
708
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
289
What the numbers show
Number of employed employees, by occupation: Teachers is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 6,208 in Brazil; the lowest is 217 in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 708, and the mean is 1,424.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 653.0%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 72.7%).
Number of employed employees, by occupation: Teachers: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 6,208 | 2015 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 2 | Philippines | 4,333 | 2019 | up 113.9% | rising |
| 3 | Jordan | 3,696 | 2016 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 4 | Chile | 3,648 | 2017 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 2,613 | 2014 | up 653.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Uruguay | 2,416 | 2016 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 7 | Ecuador | 2,059 | 2017 | up 91.4% | rising |
| 8 | Mongolia | 1,272 | 2018 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 1,253 | 2016 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 11 | Zambia | 875 | 2015 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 850 | 2016 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Georgia | 786 | 2013 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 14 | El Salvador | 708 | 2017 | up 495.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Bolivia | 697 | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 671 | 2012 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 17 | Mauritius | 597 | 2012 | up 563.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Australia | 591 | 2015 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 19 | Palestine | 357 | 2017 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 351 | 2015 | up 66.4% | rising |
| 21 | Russia | 323 | 2016 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 22 | Moldova | 303 | 2015 | up 373.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Paraguay | 289 | 2010 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 24 | Peru | 250 | 2016 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 248 | 2017 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 26 | Honduras | 217 | 2019 | down 33.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 1,096