Number of teachers in primary education rose 6.01% to 4,600 '000 in India in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of teachers in primary education in India reached an all time high of 4,600 '000 in 2020 and an all time low of 1,376 '000 in 1971.
India has been ranked 2nd within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of number of teachers in primary education, 2 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 |
| Afghanistan | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 143 | 141 | 132 | 134 | 136 | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Bangladesh | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 528 | 548 | 574 | 577 | 722 | ||||||||||||
| Bhutan | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.48 | 2.52 | 2.57 | 2.51 | 2.48 | ||||||||||||
| China | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 5,889 | 5,933 | 6,046 | 6,202 | 6,364 | |||||||||||||
| India | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,399 | 4,140 | 4,373 | ... | 4,339 | |||||||||
| Iran | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 286 | 293 | 286 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Japan | '000 | 410 | 415 | 417 | 423 | 431 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | '000 | 270 | 267 | 265 | 259 | 251 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Maldives | '000 | 4.08 | 4.25 | 4.46 | 4.58 | 5.08 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | '000 | ... | 241 | 234 | 218 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | '000 | 428 | 452 | 484 | 520 | 493 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 297 | 301 | 309 | 322 | 316 | ... | ||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | '000 | 76.8 | 76.4 | 76.2 | 78.4 | 78.6 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | '000 | 1,714 | ... | 1,769 | ... | 1,697 | ... |
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