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Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre by country

Teachers in primary education, male (number) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
196
Highest
18.75 number per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0.0002 number per square kilometre
Russia
Median
0.1075 number per square kilometre
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,292

What the numbers show

Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 18.75 number per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0.0002 number per square kilometre in Russia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1075 number per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.468 number per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 3,747.6%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 87.1%).

Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 18.75 number per square kilometre 2020 up 58.3% rising
2 Macao 13.25 number per square kilometre 2019 up 100.5% rising
3 Hong Kong 6.36 number per square kilometre 2019 up 29.8% falling
4 Singapore 4.45 number per square kilometre 2018 up 12.0% falling
5 Maldives 4.1 number per square kilometre 2019 up 31.7% falling
6 Gibraltar 3.3 number per square kilometre 2019 down 26.7% rising
7 Bahrain 3.06 number per square kilometre 2019 up 21.3% rising
8 Bangladesh 1.72 number per square kilometre 2018 up 4.9% rising
9 Comoros 1.68 number per square kilometre 2018 up 34.2% volatile
10 Haiti 1.09 number per square kilometre 1998 up 198.3% volatile
11 Burundi 0.9973 number per square kilometre 2019 up 60.4% volatile
12 American Samoa 0.915 number per square kilometre 1992 up 12.3% rising
13 Bermuda 0.9074 number per square kilometre 2016 down 18.3% rising
14 Palestine 0.9073 number per square kilometre 2019 up 15.5% rising
15 Malta 0.881 number per square kilometre 2017 up 30.5% falling
16 Nauru 0.85 number per square kilometre 2019 up 325.0% volatile
17 Rwanda 0.7918 number per square kilometre 2019 up 28.2% rising
18 Nepal 0.7771 number per square kilometre 2019 up 26.4% rising
19 Barbados 0.7628 number per square kilometre 2019 down 6.3% falling
20 Tuvalu 0.7333 number per square kilometre 2019 — flat
21 India 0.666 number per square kilometre 2019 down 12.5% rising
22 Gambia 0.6369 number per square kilometre 2019 up 50.5% volatile
23 Togo 0.6197 number per square kilometre 2019 up 37.3% volatile
24 Uganda 0.5884 number per square kilometre 2017 up 27.1% rising
25 Sao Tome and Principe 0.5604 number per square kilometre 2017 up 21.7% rising
26 Mauritius 0.5598 number per square kilometre 2019 down 34.8% falling
27 Aruba 0.5167 number per square kilometre 2012 down 11.4% falling
28 Israel 0.512 number per square kilometre 2018 up 18.6% rising
29 Malawi 0.4866 number per square kilometre 2019 up 88.0% rising
30 Sierra Leone 0.4635 number per square kilometre 2019 up 17.1% volatile
31 Lebanon 0.4435 number per square kilometre 2019 down 3.4% rising
32 Luxembourg 0.442 number per square kilometre 2018 up 25.5% rising
33 Grenada 0.4382 number per square kilometre 2018 down 2.0% falling
34 Ghana 0.4226 number per square kilometre 2019 up 31.2% rising
35 Belgium 0.4179 number per square kilometre 2018 down 1.8% falling
36 Guatemala 0.3812 number per square kilometre 2019 up 23.6% volatile
37 South Korea 0.3796 number per square kilometre 2018 up 5.7% falling
38 Netherlands 0.3781 number per square kilometre 2018 down 24.8% falling
39 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.3769 number per square kilometre 2018 up 19.5% volatile
40 Japan 0.3687 number per square kilometre 2005 down 28.3% falling
41 Denmark 0.3676 number per square kilometre 2018 — falling
42 San Marino 0.35 number per square kilometre 2019 down 8.7% rising
43 Benin 0.3475 number per square kilometre 2019 up 25.9% volatile
44 Liechtenstein 0.3375 number per square kilometre 2018 down 31.6% falling
45 Nigeria 0.3265 number per square kilometre 2010 up 27.8% rising
46 El Salvador 0.3133 number per square kilometre 2018 down 21.6% falling
47 Indonesia 0.3112 number per square kilometre 2019 up 0.5% rising
48 Trinidad and Tobago 0.3084 number per square kilometre 2009 down 18.7% falling
49 East Timor 0.3061 number per square kilometre 2019 up 1.8% rising
50 Tonga 0.3014 number per square kilometre 2015 down 30.4% falling
51 Pakistan 0.2965 number per square kilometre 2019 down 8.2% rising
52 Vietnam 0.2783 number per square kilometre 2019 up 14.3% rising
53 Saint Lucia 0.2607 number per square kilometre 2019 up 26.2% falling
54 Dominican Republic 0.2539 number per square kilometre 2019 up 5.0% rising
55 Liberia 0.241 number per square kilometre 2017 up 52.6% rising
56 Qatar 0.233 number per square kilometre 2019 up 107.0% rising
57 Kenya 0.2322 number per square kilometre 2015 up 62.5% rising
58 Senegal 0.2284 number per square kilometre 2019 up 31.0% volatile
59 Switzerland 0.2188 number per square kilometre 2018 up 4.7% rising
60 Cape Verde 0.2181 number per square kilometre 2018 down 15.8% flat
61 Malaysia 0.2174 number per square kilometre 2019 down 6.2% rising
62 Thailand 0.2105 number per square kilometre 2019 down 22.8% falling
63 China 0.2103 number per square kilometre 2019 down 24.1% falling
64 Philippines 0.2102 number per square kilometre 2018 up 26.1% rising
65 Puerto Rico 0.2101 number per square kilometre 2018 down 61.2% falling
66 Cote d'Ivoire 0.207 number per square kilometre 2019 up 52.0% rising
67 Seychelles 0.2065 number per square kilometre 2019 up 1.1% rising
68 Iraq 0.2046 number per square kilometre 2007 up 112.1% rising
69 Egypt 0.201 number per square kilometre 2019 up 8.4% rising
70 Kuwait 0.2008 number per square kilometre 2019 up 42.6% flat
71 Syria 0.1933 number per square kilometre 2002 down 4.4% rising
72 French Polynesia 0.1833 number per square kilometre 1996 down 2.3% rising
73 Andorra 0.1787 number per square kilometre 2019 down 9.7% falling
74 Costa Rica 0.1775 number per square kilometre 2019 up 58.1% rising
75 Jordan 0.1747 number per square kilometre 2019 up 58.3% rising
76 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1713 number per square kilometre 2018 up 106.8% rising
77 Brunei 0.167 number per square kilometre 2019 down 2.5% flat
78 Tunisia 0.1652 number per square kilometre 2018 down 6.8% rising
79 Eswatini 0.1587 number per square kilometre 2018 up 28.9% rising
80 United Kingdom 0.1587 number per square kilometre 2018 down 15.3% falling
81 Poland 0.1573 number per square kilometre 2018 up 24.4% falling
82 Morocco 0.1571 number per square kilometre 2019 down 1.9% rising
83 Burkina Faso 0.1561 number per square kilometre 2019 up 64.4% volatile
84 Sri Lanka 0.1559 number per square kilometre 2018 down 6.4% falling
85 Greece 0.1543 number per square kilometre 2018 down 7.6% rising
86 Cuba 0.1506 number per square kilometre 2019 down 21.3% falling
87 Guinea-Bissau 0.1494 number per square kilometre 2010 up 54.7% rising
88 Kiribati 0.1494 number per square kilometre 2016 down 6.9% falling
89 Turkey 0.1469 number per square kilometre 2018 down 21.3% rising
90 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1455 number per square kilometre 2018 up 45.5% volatile
91 Ethiopia 0.1444 number per square kilometre 2011 up 135.5% rising
92 Afghanistan 0.1315 number per square kilometre 2018 up 6.2% volatile
93 Cambodia 0.1222 number per square kilometre 2019 down 15.7% rising
94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1192 number per square kilometre 2016 down 39.2% falling
95 Cayman Islands 0.1167 number per square kilometre 2018 down 26.3% rising
96 Jamaica 0.1161 number per square kilometre 2019 down 2.3% falling
97 Tanzania 0.1116 number per square kilometre 2019 up 23.5% rising
98 Spain 0.1076 number per square kilometre 2018 up 2.4% rising
99 Portugal 0.1075 number per square kilometre 2018 down 27.5% flat
100 Guinea 0.1064 number per square kilometre 2016 up 23.4% volatile
101 Madagascar 0.1023 number per square kilometre 2019 up 51.3% rising
102 Honduras 0.1013 number per square kilometre 2019 up 14.0% rising
103 Mexico 0.0958 number per square kilometre 2018 up 5.7% rising
104 Lesotho 0.0927 number per square kilometre 2017 up 13.8% rising
105 Cameroon 0.0909 number per square kilometre 2019 up 9.2% rising
106 Germany 0.0887 number per square kilometre 2018 down 12.8% falling
107 British Virgin Islands 0.0867 number per square kilometre 2018 down 38.1% rising
108 Zimbabwe 0.0838 number per square kilometre 2013 up 7.3% rising
109 Mozambique 0.0835 number per square kilometre 2019 up 26.2% volatile
110 Cyprus 0.0831 number per square kilometre 2018 up 13.3% falling
111 Solomon Islands 0.0825 number per square kilometre 2018 down 11.8% volatile
112 Samoa 0.082 number per square kilometre 2010 down 31.0% falling
113 Fiji 0.0814 number per square kilometre 2012 down 16.9% falling
114 Dominica 0.0813 number per square kilometre 2019 down 12.9% falling
115 Equatorial Guinea 0.0797 number per square kilometre 2015 up 39.0% rising
116 France 0.0768 number per square kilometre 2018 up 7.9% falling
117 Ecuador 0.0724 number per square kilometre 2018 down 33.6% rising
118 Laos 0.0723 number per square kilometre 2019 up 8.4% rising
119 Ireland 0.0708 number per square kilometre 2012 up 18.3% rising
120 Djibouti 0.0692 number per square kilometre 2020 up 34.5% volatile
121 Myanmar 0.0658 number per square kilometre 2018 up 48.1% falling
122 Vanuatu 0.0606 number per square kilometre 2015 down 18.1% rising
123 Panama 0.0599 number per square kilometre 2017 up 2.0% rising
124 Tajikistan 0.0598 number per square kilometre 2017 down 25.9% falling
125 Nicaragua 0.0584 number per square kilometre 2010 up 69.6% rising
126 Iran 0.0575 number per square kilometre 2017 down 31.0% rising
127 Peru 0.0545 number per square kilometre 2019 up 6.9% rising
128 Albania 0.0523 number per square kilometre 2019 down 32.1% falling
129 Zambia 0.052 number per square kilometre 2017 up 47.7% rising
130 Saudi Arabia 0.0513 number per square kilometre 2019 down 23.0% rising
131 North Macedonia 0.0463 number per square kilometre 2018 down 24.9% falling
132 Eritrea 0.0455 number per square kilometre 2018 up 35.2% rising
133 Georgia 0.0455 number per square kilometre 2019 down 31.9% volatile
134 Bhutan 0.0454 number per square kilometre 2020 down 27.7% volatile
135 South Africa 0.0435 number per square kilometre 2015 down 7.4% falling
136 Angola 0.0406 number per square kilometre 2016 down 2.8% rising
137 Papua New Guinea 0.0401 number per square kilometre 2016 up 106.7% rising
138 Italy 0.0382 number per square kilometre 2018 down 12.9% volatile
139 Colombia 0.0377 number per square kilometre 2017 up 5.8% rising
140 Norway 0.0369 number per square kilometre 2018 up 12.8% rising
141 Mali 0.0367 number per square kilometre 2018 up 72.2% volatile
142 Azerbaijan 0.0364 number per square kilometre 2019 down 47.1% falling
143 Austria 0.034 number per square kilometre 2017 down 10.1% falling
144 Sweden 0.0308 number per square kilometre 2018 up 8.0% rising
145 Slovakia 0.0294 number per square kilometre 2018 down 2.0% rising
146 Serbia 0.0294 number per square kilometre 2019 down 9.1% falling
147 Chad 0.0288 number per square kilometre 2019 up 71.9% volatile
148 Armenia 0.0284 number per square kilometre 2019 up 3,747.6% volatile
149 Belize 0.027 number per square kilometre 2019 down 4.3% flat
150 Oman 0.0267 number per square kilometre 2019 — volatile
151 United Arab Emirates 0.0263 number per square kilometre 2016 down 32.7% rising
152 Paraguay 0.0252 number per square kilometre 2012 down 0.2% falling
153 Bolivia 0.0251 number per square kilometre 2018 down 7.3% rising
154 United States 0.025 number per square kilometre 2017 — rising
155 Niger 0.0246 number per square kilometre 2019 up 42.7% volatile
156 Gabon 0.0237 number per square kilometre 2011 up 116.9% rising
157 Uzbekistan 0.0235 number per square kilometre 2019 down 19.1% falling
158 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0232 number per square kilometre 2019 down 21.8% falling
159 Chile 0.0227 number per square kilometre 2018 up 14.6% rising
160 Congo 0.0225 number per square kilometre 2012 up 31.8% rising
161 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0221 number per square kilometre 2018 up 40.0% rising
162 Venezuela 0.0213 number per square kilometre 1987 up 100.2% rising
163 Romania 0.0208 number per square kilometre 2018 down 37.8% falling
164 Finland 0.018 number per square kilometre 2018 up 2.0% falling
165 Estonia 0.0171 number per square kilometre 2018 up 98.6% falling
166 Somalia 0.0171 number per square kilometre 2007 — volatile
167 Algeria 0.0171 number per square kilometre 2019 down 41.6% falling
168 New Zealand 0.0156 number per square kilometre 2018 up 10.0% falling
169 Croatia 0.0147 number per square kilometre 2018 down 16.2% falling
170 Hungary 0.0136 number per square kilometre 2016 down 24.4% volatile
171 Argentina 0.0133 number per square kilometre 2008 up 42.3% rising
172 Latvia 0.0131 number per square kilometre 2018 up 9.2% rising
173 Central African Republic 0.0127 number per square kilometre 2016 up 100.1% rising
174 Bulgaria 0.0119 number per square kilometre 2018 up 21.5% falling
175 Slovenia 0.0116 number per square kilometre 2016 up 47.5% volatile
176 Libya 0.0114 number per square kilometre 1983 up 48.1% rising
177 Brazil 0.011 number per square kilometre 2018 up 33.2% rising
178 Bahamas 0.0106 number per square kilometre 2018 down 64.7% volatile
179 Mauritania 0.0104 number per square kilometre 2019 up 28.9% volatile
180 Czechia 0.0092 number per square kilometre 2012 down 87.1% volatile
181 Namibia 0.0075 number per square kilometre 2018 up 42.9% rising
182 Botswana 0.0066 number per square kilometre 2015 up 29.6% rising
183 Iceland 0.0055 number per square kilometre 2018 down 6.2% falling
184 Canada 0.005 number per square kilometre 2000 down 3.4% flat
185 Moldova 0.0043 number per square kilometre 2019 down 15.9% falling
186 Lithuania 0.0043 number per square kilometre 2018 down 2.8% volatile
187 Australia 0.0031 number per square kilometre 1997 down 8.3% flat
188 Uruguay 0.0029 number per square kilometre 1997 down 84.0% volatile
189 Ukraine 0.0028 number per square kilometre 2019 up 57.6% volatile
190 Guyana 0.0024 number per square kilometre 2012 down 23.9% falling
191 Kazakhstan 0.0017 number per square kilometre 2019 up 378.3% volatile
192 Suriname 0.0016 number per square kilometre 2019 down 19.3% volatile
193 Kyrgyzstan 0.0015 number per square kilometre 2019 down 27.6% volatile
194 Belarus 0.0006 number per square kilometre 2018 down 33.2% falling
195 Mongolia 0.0003 number per square kilometre 2018 up 42.4% falling
196 Russia 0.0002 number per square kilometre 2018 down 43.7% falling

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

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Teachers in primary education, male (number) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Teachers in primary education, male (number) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre
Unit
number per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
241 places, 7,292 data points, 1970–2020
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Teachers in primary education, male (number) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.