Number of teachers in primary education rose 1.03% to 76.0 '000 in Zimbabwe in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of teachers in primary education in Zimbabwe reached an all time high of 76.0 '000 in 2020 and an all time low of 18.5 '000 in 1979.
Zimbabwe has been ranked 44th within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of number of teachers in primary education, 44 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 |
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 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Malawi | '000 | ... | ... | 60.5 | ... | 71.2 | 75.7 | 83.4 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
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 |