Number of teachers in primary education rose 0% to 14.3 '000 in Botswana in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of teachers in primary education in Botswana reached an all time high of 15.2 '000 in 2014 and an all time low of 2.28 '000 in 1970.
Botswana has been ranked 46th within the group of 64 countries we follow in terms of number of teachers in primary education, 58 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 | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Botswana | '000 | 14.5 | ... | 14.0 | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 415 | ... | ... | 544 | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Lesotho | '000 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | '000 | ... | 108 | 113 | 117 | 119 | 121 | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Namibia | '000 | 16.8 | 17.5 | 18.1 | 19.6 | 18.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | '000 | 249 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | '000 | ... | 8.75 | 8.76 | 8.93 | 9.01 | 9.14 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Tanzania | '000 | 197 | 207 | 198 | 200 | 196 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | '000 | ... | ... | 75.2 | 73.9 | 78.1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 75.1 | 72.4 | 71.2 | 72.5 | 75.2 |
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