Number of teachers in primary education fell 5.61% to 32.6 '000 in Georgia in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of teachers in primary education in Georgia reached an all time high of 35.9 '000 in 2008 and an all time low of 16.5 '000 in 2003. When compared to Georgia's main peers, number of teachers in primary education in Armenia amounted to 8.07 '000, 40.2 '000 in Azerbaijan, 323 '000 in Russia and 309 '000 in Turkey in 2020.
Georgia has been ranked 72nd within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of number of teachers in primary education, 3 places below 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 |
| Armenia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9.95 | 7.22 | |||||||||
| Azerbaijan | '000 | 40.8 | 37.5 | 39.3 | 41.2 | 40.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | '000 | ... | 14.9 | 17.4 | 19.2 | 20.7 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 5,889 | 5,933 | 6,046 | 6,202 | 6,364 | |||||||||||||
| Georgia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32.0 | 33.0 | 33.4 | 34.0 | 34.6 | ||||||||||
| Germany | '000 | 236 | 238 | 240 | 245 | 251 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Greece | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 66.8 | 69.7 | 69.2 | 70.6 | 74.3 | ... | |||||||||||
| Iran | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 286 | 293 | 286 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Iraq | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Japan | '000 | 410 | 415 | 417 | 423 | 431 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 297 | 301 | 309 | 322 | 316 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Turkey | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 295 | 303 | 293 | 297 | 301 | ... | ||||
| USA | '000 | 1,714 | ... | 1,769 | ... | 1,697 | ... |
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