OECD members - Primary education, teachers
The value for Primary education, teachers in OECD members was 6,122,558 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,146,680 in 2018 and a minimum value of 4,768,002 in 1970.
Definition: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 4,768,002 |
| 1971 | 4,779,758 |
| 1972 | 4,836,057 |
| 1973 | 4,898,630 |
| 1974 | 4,896,014 |
| 1975 | 4,880,765 |
| 1976 | 4,865,013 |
| 1977 | 4,879,623 |
| 1978 | 4,877,881 |
| 1979 | 4,901,181 |
| 1980 | 5,064,122 |
| 1981 | 5,073,202 |
| 1982 | 5,109,896 |
| 1983 | 5,086,057 |
| 1984 | 5,073,537 |
| 1985 | 5,072,628 |
| 1986 | 5,099,558 |
| 1987 | 5,089,689 |
| 1988 | 5,115,096 |
| 1989 | 5,146,301 |
| 1990 | 5,186,274 |
| 1991 | 5,219,686 |
| 1992 | 5,257,462 |
| 1993 | 5,292,742 |
| 1994 | 5,392,278 |
| 1995 | 5,401,149 |
| 1996 | 5,443,375 |
| 1997 | 5,491,363 |
| 1998 | 5,506,432 |
| 1999 | 5,568,972 |
| 2000 | 5,634,460 |
| 2001 | 5,679,832 |
| 2002 | 5,682,517 |
| 2003 | 5,690,254 |
| 2004 | 5,697,722 |
| 2005 | 5,740,071 |
| 2006 | 5,779,599 |
| 2007 | 5,836,726 |
| 2008 | 5,878,702 |
| 2009 | 5,872,782 |
| 2010 | 5,898,559 |
| 2011 | 5,913,190 |
| 2012 | 5,885,414 |
| 2013 | 5,860,975 |
| 2014 | 5,879,465 |
| 2015 | 5,966,237 |
| 2016 | 6,078,383 |
| 2017 | 6,127,639 |
| 2018 | 6,146,680 |
| 2019 | 6,122,558 |
Development Relevance: Women teachers are important as they serve as role models to girls and help to attract and retain girls in school.
Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).
Statistical Concept and Methodology: Teachers refer to persons employed full-time or part-time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) or who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
Classification
Topic: Education Indicators
Sub-Topic: Inputs
