Number of teachers in primary education fell 0.575% to 8.32 '000 in Estonia in 2022, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of teachers in primary education in Estonia reached an all time high of 8.62 '000 in 2000 and an all time low of 5.93 '000 in 2007. When compared to Estonia's main peers, number of teachers in primary education in Finland amounted to 28.6 '000, 9.92 '000 in Latvia, 8.56 '000 in Lithuania and 329 '000 in Russia in 2022.
Estonia has been ranked 107th within the group of 124 countries we follow in terms of number of teachers in primary education, 19 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Number of Teachers (Primary Education) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Australia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Belarus | '000 | 22.5 | 22.2 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 22.5 | ||||||||||||||||
China | '000 | ... | ... | 6,046 | 6,202 | 6,364 | 6,527 | 6,683 | ||||||||||||||
Estonia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.45 | 7.66 | 7.98 | 8.18 | 8.37 | ... | |||||||||||
Finland | '000 | ... | 26.6 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 28.5 | 27.8 | ... | ||||||||||||||
Germany | '000 | 240 | 245 | 251 | 257 | 261 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Indonesia | '000 | 1,827 | 1,727 | 1,772 | 1,446 | 1,507 | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | '000 | 417 | 423 | 431 | 436 | 441 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Latvia | '000 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.2 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Lithuania | '000 | 8.43 | 8.50 | 8.51 | 8.55 | 8.44 | ... | |||||||||||||||
New Zealand | '000 | 25.8 | 26.1 | 26.8 | 26.7 | 26.6 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Papua New Guinea | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Russia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 309 | 322 | 316 | 326 | 327 | |||||||||||||
USA | '000 | 1,769 | 1,753 | 1,697 | 1,695 | 1,762 | ... |