Number of teachers in primary education fell 0.866% to 195 '000 in Tanzania in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of teachers in primary education in Tanzania reached an all time high of 207 '000 in 2016 and an all time low of 18.3 '000 in 1970.
Tanzania has been ranked 24th within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of number of teachers in primary education, 4 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 |
| Angola | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 112 | 95.8 | 104 | 88.6 | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 415 | ... | ... | 544 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Ethiopia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Kenya | '000 | 267 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Malawi | '000 | ... | ... | 60.5 | ... | 71.2 | 75.7 | 83.4 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Mozambique | '000 | ... | 108 | 113 | 117 | 119 | 121 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | '000 | 42.0 | 43.6 | 43.9 | 42.1 | 43.9 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Somalia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| South Africa | '000 | 249 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Tanzania | '000 | 197 | 207 | 198 | 200 | 196 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | '000 | 193 | 203 | 207 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Zambia | '000 | ... | ... | 75.2 | 73.9 | 78.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 75.1 | 72.4 | 71.2 | 72.5 | 75.2 |
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