Teachers in primary education, male (number), per unit of GDP by country
Teachers in primary education, male (number) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
Teachers in primary education, male (number), per unit of GDP is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 0 number per US$ of GDP in Burundi; the lowest is 0 number per US$ of GDP in Russia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 number per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 number per US$ of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,006.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 152 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 2,500.9%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 96.8%).
Teachers in primary education, male (number), per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 3 | Haiti | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 1998 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 4 | Liberia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 7 | Togo | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 9 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2010 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 10 | Central African Republic | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2016 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Mozambique | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 12 | Madagascar | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 13 | Malawi | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 53.3% | falling |
| 14 | Uganda | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Gambia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 29.6% | falling |
| 16 | Nepal | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Benin | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 20 | Comoros | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 21 | Niger | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 22 | Chad | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 54.4% | falling |
| 23 | East Timor | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 24 | Eritrea | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 25 | Mali | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Somalia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Kenya | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2015 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 28 | Senegal | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 29 | Rwanda | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Syria | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2002 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2013 | down 67.8% | rising |
| 32 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 33 | Tanzania | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 34 | Zambia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 35 | Solomon Islands | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Ghana | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 37 | Mauritania | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 38 | Lesotho | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Tajikistan | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Cameroon | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Iraq | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2007 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Laos | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 45 | Vanuatu | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2015 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 46 | Angola | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2016 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Nigeria | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2010 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Nicaragua | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2010 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 49 | Pakistan | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Bhutan | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 51 | India | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Myanmar | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Egypt | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Libya | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 1983 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 56 | Tunisia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Cambodia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Eswatini | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Kiribati | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Bolivia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Morocco | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Guatemala | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Indonesia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Djibouti | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 65 | Tonga | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2015 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Honduras | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 67 | Namibia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 68 | Congo | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2012 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Tuvalu | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Cape Verde | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Venezuela | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 1987 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 72 | Fiji | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2012 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 73 | Samoa | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2010 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Gabon | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Jordan | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Palestine | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Peru | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Paraguay | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2012 | down 78.4% | falling |
| 79 | Botswana | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2015 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Vietnam | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Belize | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 82 | El Salvador | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 83 | Maldives | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Algeria | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Thailand | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Malaysia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Iran | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 79.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Philippines | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Georgia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 90 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2015 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Ecuador | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 93 | French Polynesia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 1996 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 94 | South Africa | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2015 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Cuba | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Mexico | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Turkey | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Nauru | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 102 | China | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Colombia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Grenada | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 106 | Guyana | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2012 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Argentina | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2008 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 109 | Dominica | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Oman | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Greece | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Albania | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Lebanon | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2009 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Poland | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Mauritius | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Saint Lucia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Jamaica | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Panama | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Brunei | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Suriname | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Canada | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2000 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 125 | Armenia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 2,500.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Bahrain | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 128 | Chile | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 129 | Australia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 1997 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Barbados | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Seychelles | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Brazil | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Serbia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 134 | Denmark | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Portugal | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Mongolia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Spain | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Aruba | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2012 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 140 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Cyprus | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Norway | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Israel | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Japan | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2005 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Andorra | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Kuwait | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Kazakhstan | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 203.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Latvia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Belgium | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Estonia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Sweden | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Ireland | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2012 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Uruguay | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 1997 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Iceland | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 156 | South Korea | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Finland | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Malta | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Romania | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Bulgaria | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 161 | New Zealand | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Puerto Rico | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 163 | Hong Kong | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 56.4% | falling |
| 166 | Qatar | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 167 | France | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Netherlands | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Croatia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 170 | United Kingdom | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Slovakia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 172 | San Marino | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 173 | Moldova | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Switzerland | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 175 | United States | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2017 | — | falling |
| 176 | Ukraine | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Hungary | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Singapore | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Bahamas | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Liechtenstein | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 181 | Macao | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Germany | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 183 | Bermuda | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Austria | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2017 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Monaco | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2020 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 186 | Italy | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Slovenia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2016 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Cayman Islands | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 189 | Lithuania | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 190 | United Arab Emirates | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Czechia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2012 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Belarus | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Russia | 0 number per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 43.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Least developed countries 0 number per US$ of GDP
- IDA only 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Pre-demographic dividend 0 number per US$ of GDP
- IDA total 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 number per US$ of GDP
- South Asia 0 number per US$ of GDP
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Lower middle income 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Pacific island small states 0 number per US$ of GDP
- IDA blend 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Early-demographic dividend 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Other small states 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Small states 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Low & middle income 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Arab World 0 number per US$ of GDP
- IDA & IBRD total 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Middle income 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0 number per US$ of GDP
- IBRD only 0 number per US$ of GDP
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0 number per US$ of GDP
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Upper middle income 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Latin America & Caribbean 0 number per US$ of GDP
- World 0 number per US$ of GDP
- East Asia & Pacific 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Late-demographic dividend 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Caribbean Small States 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0 number per US$ of GDP
- OECD members 0 number per US$ of GDP
- Europe & Central Asia 0 number per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
Teachers in primary education, male (number) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Teachers in primary education, male (number) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Teachers in primary education, male UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Teachers in primary education, male (number) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.