Here are some of the other big name countries (in case you were wondering):

United States:

    •    Under 30: 15.4%
    •    30-49: 54.5%
    •    50+: 30.2%

Canada:

    •    Under 30: 10.1%
    •    30-49: 60.6%
    •    50+: 29.3%

France:

    •    Under 30: 11.5%
    •    30-49: 61.3%
    •    50+: 27.3%

Germany:

    •    Under 30: 7.9%
    •    30-49: 54.8%
    •    50+: 37.3%

Source data: https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/teachers-by-age.html

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10 comments

  2. LMAO I can’t read so I thought this was saying the average age of a Korean teacher is 16

  3. lol this is the most confusing display of data. I immediately wondered why does Korea have 16 year old teachers.

  5. I wonder if the data reflects different turnover rates or an increase/decrease in the number of teachers. For example, nearly 25% of the UK’s teachers are under 30, so either more graduates are joining the field or the older teachers aren’t staying in as long. Could be both though.

  8. My mom is 69 years old, she is still active (from this September at her small village in the local primary school as an English + history teacher), and has been teaching for decades. She is not planning to resign as long as she is able to deliver meaningful things to children, and until they employ her. We’re talking about Hungary. Funnily at her previous place she wasn’t the oldest teacher, because another lady was already above 70.

    There are quite a few reasons, why these things are so ubiquitous here – most of you would guess correctly.

    Btw I’m happy that she is fit for the role, but it’s still a bit crazy.

  9. i wonder how it would look adjusted for average age

  10. The graph doesn’t actually tell you which has the oldest teacher. Or at least you’d have to assume a normal distribution, which is highly unlikely in a nations population.

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