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Number of Teachers (Primary Education) fell 3.30% to 378 '000 in Vietnam in 2020

Number of Teachers (Primary Education) ('000), 2020
Education | Vietnam | September 1, 2022
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Number of teachers in primary education fell 3.30% to 378 '000 in Vietnam in 2020, according to World Bank.

Historically, number of teachers in primary education in Vietnam reached an all time high of 397 '000 in 2017 and an all time low of 204 '000 in 1981. When compared to Vietnam's main peers, number of teachers in primary education in Cambodia amounted to 51.5 '000, 6,527 '000 in China, 34.7 '000 in Laos and 413 '000 in Thailand in 2020.

Vietnam has been ranked 5th within the group of 61 countries we follow in terms of number of teachers in primary education, 6 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
Cambodia '000 44.3 44.9 46.1 46.2 51.6
China '000 ... ... ... 5,889 5,933 6,046 6,202 6,364
India '000 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,399 4,140 4,373 ... 4,339
Japan '000 410 415 417 423 431 ... ...
Laos '000 35.2 36.1 36.2 35.2 35.9
Malaysia '000 270 267 265 259 251 ...
Myanmar '000 ... 241 234 218 ... ... ...
Russia '000 ... ... ... 297 301 309 322 316 ...
Thailand '000 ... ... ... 301 304 293 ... 378
USA '000 1,714 ... 1,769 ... 1,697 ...
Vietnam '000 392 397 397 397 391