Below you will find the results as at 26 October 2020 for the Earthside Education Index of the Best Countries for Teachers. Countries are ranked according to the formula RANK-(S/H) x RANK-D, where S is the PPP adjusted average salary for teachers, H is the annual hours of work and D is the ranking on the Democracy Index.
Earthside Education Index
BEST COUNTRIES FOR TEACHERS 2020
(with movement since 2015)
1 NORWAY
2 ICELAND (+5)
3 LUXEMBOURG (-1)
4 GERMANY (+1)
5 SWITZERLAND
6 SOUTH KOREA (-3)
7 FINLAND (+3)
8 DENMARK (+3)
9 SWEDEN (-1)
10 IRELAND (-4)
11 AUSTRIA (-7)
12 CANADA (-3)
13 NEW ZEALAND
14 NETHERLANDS
15 JAPAN
16 AUSTRALIA (+1)
17 SPAIN (+1)
18 PORTUGAL (-3)
19 FRANCE (-7)
20 ENGLAND
21 SCOTLAND (-2)
22 BELGIUM (+1)
23 ISRAEL (-2)
24 COSTA RICA
25 USA (-1)
26 CHILE (+3)
27 SLOVENIA (-2)
28 ITALY (-2)
29 ESTONIA (-2)
30 CZECH REPUBLIC (-2)
31 MEXICO (+3)
32 GREECE (-10)
33 LITHUANIA
34 SLOVAKIA (-4)
35 LATVIA
36 POLAND (-4)
37 COLOMBIA (-6)
38 HUNGARY (-5)
39 TURKEY (-4)
Comparing this ranking to the 2018 PISA rank, there was a correlation of only 0.33, which is low
Comparing this ranking to the World Population review ranking of most educated countries by level of education, the correlation was 0.56, moderate
Comparing this ranking to the World Population review ranking of most educated countries by level of education, the correlation was 0.56, moderate
References
OECD (2015), Education at a Glance 2015: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/eag-2015-en
OECD (2020), Education at a Glance 2020. https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/education-at-a-glance-2020_69096873-en#page405
PISA (2018) PISA 2018 Results https://www.oecd.org/pisa/PISA-results_ENGLISH.png
The Democracy Index (2019) of the Economist Intelligence Unit https://www.eiu.com/topic/democracy-index
World Population Review (2020) Education Rankings by Country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/education-rankings-by-country
