Teaching staff (1998-2012) by country

Countries reporting

Highest

72.9%

Slovakia

Lowest

39.3%

Netherlands

Median

60.9%

Years covered

1998–2012

Data points

228

What the numbers show

Teaching staff (1998-2012) is currently reported for 20 countries. The highest value is 72.9% in Slovakia; the lowest is 39.3% in Netherlands.

The median across all reporting countries is 60.9%, and the mean is 58.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 51.6%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 10.4%).

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Slovakia	72.9%	2012	up 51.6%	rising
2	Bulgaria	72.7%	2012	up 12.2%	rising
3	Lithuania	72.6%	2012	up 0.8%	flat
4	Poland	71.2%	2012	up 7.2%	rising
5	Slovenia	68.1%	2012	up 20.7%	rising
6	Cyprus	66.9%	2012	up 35.4%	rising
7	Iceland	65.4%	2012	up 40.6%	rising
8	United Kingdom	65.1%	2012	up 7.8%	rising
9	France	63.3%	2012	up 10.5%	rising
10	Sweden	61.2%	2012	up 5.2%	rising
11	Romania	60.6%	2012	up 15.2%	rising
12	Malta	57.7%	2012	up 23.8%	rising
13	Italy	55.4%	2012	up 39.5%	rising
14	Norway	55.3%	2012	up 24.8%	rising
15	Austria	52.6%	2012	up 17.4%	rising
16	Belgium	45.3%	2012	up 21.8%	rising
17	Ireland	43.9%	2012	down 10.4%	flat
18	Finland	43.5%	2012	up 26.8%	rising
19	North Macedonia	39.9%	2012	up 34.8%	rising
20	Netherlands	39.3%	2012	up 46.6%	rising