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Which Country Has the Most Teachers at the Secondary Level?

Number of Teachers (Secondary Education) ('000), 2021 or latest
Education | February 1, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 126 countries in 2021, China ranked the highest in number of teachers in secondary education with 6,839 '000 followed by India and USA. On the other end of the scale was Liechtenstein with 0.333 '000, Cayman Islands with 0.345 '000 and Monaco with 0.476 '000.

Data for more countries are available at Number of Teachers (Secondary Education) indicator page.

Number of Teachers (Secondary Education) Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Bangladesh '000 ... 436 451 452 407
Brazil '000 ... 1,429 1,418 1,382 1,380 1,368 ...
China '000 ... ... 6,234 6,220 6,267 6,360 6,475
Dem. Republic of the Congo '000 ... ... ... ... ... ... 324 ... ... 378 ... ...
Egypt '000 ... ... ... ... ... ... 591 588 603 594 ... ...
Germany '000 586 589 587 587 587 ...
India '000 ... ... ... ... 4,093 4,639 4,731 ... 6,103
Indonesia '000 1,456 1,674 1,586 1,637 1,307 ...
Italy '000 ... ... ... ... ... 408 457 461 461 464 ...
Japan '000 634 638 638 637 634 ... ...
Mexico '000 814 831 827 834 867 ...
Philippines '000 ... ... ... ... 279 314 377 422 451 ...
Russia '000 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 769 769 767 ...
Turkey '000 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 594 658 657 688 725 ...
USA '000 1,661 ... 1,695 ... 1,705 ...