Number of Teachers (Primary Education) fell 0.575% to 8.32 '000 in Estonia in 2022

Number of Teachers (Primary Education) ('000), 2022
Education | Estonia | September 1, 2025
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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 ...