Number of teachers in primary education fell 2.22% to 46.7 '000 in Sierra Leone in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of teachers in primary education in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 49.8 '000 in 2018 and an all time low of 5.14 '000 in 1971. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, number of teachers in primary education in Burkina Faso amounted to 87.3 '000, 43.9 '000 in Guinea, 22.5 '000 in Liberia and 63.8 '000 in Mali in 2020.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 61st within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of number of teachers in primary education, 61 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Teachers (Primary Education) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Algeria | '000 | 177 | 182 | 188 | 193 | 199 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | '000 | 80.7 | 82.1 | 87.3 | 92.9 | 88.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | '000 | 162 | 169 | 186 | 173 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Guinea | '000 | 40.8 | 42.1 | 43.9 | 45.8 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 93.3 | 96.3 | 101 | 100 | 102 | |||||||||||||
| Liberia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.3 | 31.4 | 37.2 | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Mali | '000 | 65.5 | ... | 63.8 | 68.7 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | '000 | 19.1 | 16.6 | 14.6 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | '000 | 69.0 | 67.3 | 73.5 | 69.3 | 67.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | '000 | ... | 64.6 | 66.4 | 67.5 | 72.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 49.8 | 47.7 | 46.7 | 43.7 | 48.4 |
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