Teachers, as a share of public total employees by country
Countries reporting
24
Highest
0.2676
Georgia
Lowest
0.0424
El Salvador
Median
0.1725
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
276
What the numbers show
Teachers, as a share of public total employees is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 0.2676 in Georgia; the lowest is 0.0424 in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1725, and the mean is 0.1664.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 581.1%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 71.6%).
Teachers, as a share of public total employees: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 0.2676 | 2013 | up 17.0% | 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 | Brazil | 0.2244 | 2016 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 8 | Palestine | 0.2162 | 2017 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 9 | Uruguay | 0.188 | 2016 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 0.1781 | 2015 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 11 | Honduras | 0.1771 | 2016 | up 135.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 0.1728 | 2015 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 13 | Moldova | 0.1721 | 2015 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 14 | Jordan | 0.1495 | 2016 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 15 | Chile | 0.1433 | 2017 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 16 | Russia | 0.1411 | 2016 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 17 | Mauritius | 0.1359 | 2012 | up 581.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Vietnam | 0.1142 | 2019 | down 33.4% | flat |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1113 | 2017 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 0.108 | 2016 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 22 | Mongolia | 0.0731 | 2018 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 23 | Zambia | 0.071 | 2015 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 24 | Peru | 0.0496 | 2016 | down 52.5% | flat |
| 25 | El Salvador | 0.0424 | 2012 | up 29.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 0.0874