Number of teachers in primary education rose 5.02% to 101 '000 in Ivory Coast in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of teachers in primary education in Ivory Coast reached an all time high of 101 '000 in 2020 and an all time low of 10.8 '000 in 1970. When compared to Ivory Coast's main peers, number of teachers in primary education in Burkina Faso amounted to 87.3 '000, 43.9 '000 in Guinea, 22.5 '000 in Liberia and 63.8 '000 in Mali in 2020.
Ivory Coast has been ranked 35th within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of number of teachers in primary education, 35 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 |
| Algeria | '000 | 165 | 170 | 177 | 182 | 223 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | '000 | 64.2 | 69.1 | 74.7 | 80.7 | 82.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | '000 | 139 | 143 | 161 | 162 | 169 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Guinea | '000 | 35.9 | 37.7 | 39.9 | 40.8 | 42.1 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 80.2 | 85.1 | 88.9 | 93.3 | 96.3 | |||||||||||||
| Liberia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.5 | 30.4 | 28.5 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Mali | '000 | 52.1 | 60.3 | 66.4 | 65.5 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | '000 | 17.7 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 19.1 | 16.6 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Niger | '000 | 66.8 | 72.0 | 76.2 | 69.0 | 67.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | '000 | 61.6 | 64.1 | 64.9 | ... | 64.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40.3 | 37.8 | 37.7 | 49.8 | 47.7 |
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