Number of teachers in primary education rose 4.22% to 43.9 '000 in Guinea in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of teachers in primary education in Guinea reached an all time high of 43.9 '000 in 2020 and an all time low of 4.38 '000 in 1971. When compared to Guinea's main peers, number of teachers in primary education in Liberia amounted to 22.5 '000, 63.8 '000 in Mali, 66.4 '000 in Senegal and 46.7 '000 in Sierra Leone in 2020.
Guinea has been ranked 63rd within the group of 122 countries we follow in terms of number of teachers in primary education, 7 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 |
| Algeria | '000 | 165 | 170 | 177 | 182 | 223 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | '000 | 64.2 | 69.1 | 74.7 | 80.7 | 82.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | '000 | 7.90 | 8.73 | 8.53 | 9.69 | 10.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | '000 | 139 | 143 | 161 | 162 | 169 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Guinea | '000 | 35.9 | 37.7 | 39.9 | 40.8 | 42.1 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | '000 | ... | ... | ... | 80.2 | 85.1 | 88.9 | 93.3 | 96.3 | |||||||||||||
| Liberia | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.5 | 30.4 | 28.5 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Mali | '000 | 52.1 | 60.3 | 66.4 | 65.5 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | '000 | 17.7 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 19.1 | 16.6 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Niger | '000 | 66.8 | 72.0 | 76.2 | 69.0 | 67.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | '000 | 61.6 | 64.1 | 64.9 | ... | 64.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | '000 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40.3 | 37.8 | 37.7 | 49.8 | 47.7 |
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