Number of teachers in primary education fell 17.2% to 24.6 '000 in United Arab Emirates in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of teachers in primary education in United Arab Emirates reached an all time high of 29.8 '000 in 2019 and an all time low of 0.806 '000 in 1971. When compared to United Arab Emirates's main peers, number of teachers in primary education in Bahrain amounted to 9.11 '000, 28.1 '000 in Oman, 13.1 '000 in Qatar and 248 '000 in Saudi Arabia in 2020.
United Arab Emirates has been ranked 79th within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of number of teachers in primary education, 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Teachers (Primary Education) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.22 | 9.30 | 9.33 | 9.55 | 9.46 | ... | |||||
| Iran | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 286 | 293 | 286 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Iraq | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Jordan | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 57.2 | 52.6 | 61.2 | 70.1 | |||||
| Kuwait | '000 | 29.8 | 30.6 | 31.1 | 31.5 | 33.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37.9 | 28.8 | 28.0 | |||||||
| Qatar | '000 | ... | 11.2 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 13.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 321 | 287 | 264 | 239 | 231 | |||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | '000 | ... | 19.5 | 19.1 | ... | ... | 29.8 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Yemen | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 145 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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