Number of paid employees, by industry: Education by country

Countries reporting
30
Highest
14,446
Colombia
Lowest
89
South Africa
Median
968
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
334

What the numbers show

Number of paid employees, by industry: Education is currently reported for 30 countries. The highest value is 14,446 in Colombia; the lowest is 89 in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 968, and the mean is 2,356.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 162.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 345.6%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 83.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Colombia 14,446 2017 down 12.6% volatile
2 Brazil 9,714 2015 down 1.0% flat
3 Chile 7,210 2017 up 31.8% rising
4 Pakistan 5,626 2020 up 71.3% rising
5 Jordan 5,122 2016 down 27.5% rising
6 Philippines 4,210 2019 up 121.5% volatile
7 Morocco 2,954 2009 rising
8 Uruguay 2,482 2017 down 25.7% rising
9 Ecuador 2,312 2017 up 29.7% rising
10 Ethiopia 1,971 2016 up 52.1% rising
11 Armenia 1,568 2021 up 44.6% volatile
12 Peru 1,529 2017 down 30.7% rising
13 Sri Lanka 1,157 2016 up 22.4% rising
14 Zambia 1,013 2015 down 3.2% rising
15 Costa Rica 972 2015 up 7.9% rising
16 Australia 964 2015 up 26.3% rising
17 Ukraine 944 2013 up 17.6% rising
18 Guatemala 921 2017 down 0.6% volatile
19 El Salvador 889 2014 up 5.5% rising
20 Mauritius 842 2012 up 81.9% rising
21 Republic of Moldova 606 2015 up 345.6% volatile
22 Dominican Republic 503 2019 up 1.8% rising
23 Palestine, State of 458 2017 down 79.0% volatile
24 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 375 2019 rising
25 Argentina 374 2014 down 83.9% falling
26 Russian Federation 367 2011 up 149.7% rising
27 Paraguay 365 2010 down 38.9% falling
27 Honduras 365 2016 down 74.5% volatile
29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 347 2016 up 10.2% rising
30 South Africa 89 2020 down 45.4% volatile

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