Number of teachers in primary education rose 2.19% to 19.6 '000 in Namibia in 2022, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of teachers in primary education in Namibia reached an all time high of 19.6 '000 in 2022 and an all time low of 10.9 '000 in 1992.
Namibia has been ranked 90th within the group of 124 countries we follow in terms of number of teachers in primary education, 14 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 |
| Angola | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 104 | 88.6 | ... | ... | 96.8 | ... | ||||||
| Botswana | '000 | ... | 14.0 | ... | ... | ... | 14.3 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 544 | ... | 446 | 512 | ... | ||||||||||
| Lesotho | '000 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 9.93 | 10.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | '000 | ... | 117 | 119 | 121 | 125 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Namibia | '000 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 18.6 | 19.0 | 19.2 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Africa | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Swaziland | '000 | ... | 8.93 | 9.01 | 9.14 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Zambia | '000 | ... | ... | 78.1 | 78.9 | 80.9 | 83.2 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 71.2 | 72.5 | 75.2 | 76.0 | 80.2 | ... |
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