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Teachers, as a share of public paid employees by country

Countries reporting
25
Highest
0.2676
Georgia
Lowest
0.0424
El Salvador
Median
0.1728
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
276

What the numbers show

Teachers, as a share of public paid employees is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 0.2676 in Georgia; the lowest is 0.0424 in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1728, and the mean is 0.1734.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 581.1%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 52.5%).

Teachers, as a share of public paid employees: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 0.2676 2013 up 15.9% rising
2 Costa Rica 0.2564 2012 up 12.6% flat
3 Philippines 0.2557 2019 up 4.6% flat
4 Paraguay 0.2541 2009 down 7.6% flat
5 Ecuador 0.2483 2017 up 1.3% rising
6 Sri Lanka 0.2435 2016 down 13.5% rising
7 Zambia 0.2382 2015 down 11.0% rising
8 Brazil 0.2244 2016 up 53.8% rising
9 Palestine, State of 0.2173 2017 up 16.6% rising
10 Uruguay 0.188 2016 up 2.6% rising
11 Australia 0.1781 2015 down 6.1% falling
12 Honduras 0.1771 2016 up 135.8% volatile
13 Dominican Republic 0.1728 2015 up 22.1% rising
14 Republic of Moldova 0.1721 2015 up 8.3% rising
15 Jordan 0.1495 2016 down 9.2% flat
16 Mongolia 0.1483 2018 down 6.4% rising
17 Chile 0.1433 2017 down 6.7% falling
18 Russian Federation 0.1421 2016 up 10.6% rising
19 Mauritius 0.1359 2012 up 581.1% volatile
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.121 2017 up 17.6% rising
21 Viet Nam 0.1143 2019 down 33.5% falling
22 Ethiopia 0.108 2016 up 63.4% rising
23 South Africa 0.0871 2020 up 228.2% volatile
24 Peru 0.0496 2016 down 52.5% flat
25 El Salvador 0.0424 2012 up 29.2% rising

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Indicator
Teachers, as a share of public paid employees
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 276 data points, 2000–2020
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