Globally, it is true that teachers working in primary, secondary and higher education are overworked and underpaid. The differences in income are often quite staggering even within Europe.
Taking into account the average annual gross income, the top income-generating countries for junior teachers are Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, and Iceland.
The lowest wages are paid in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania
explained in his analysis Oeconomus Economic Research Foundation.
It has been noted that Central and Eastern Europe and the V4 countries fall into the middle range, but in addition to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania also have indicators below 9000 euros.
In Lithuania, teachers’ wages have increased at the highest rate
According to Oeconomus analysts, the greatest growth was in Lithuania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, and Iceland. In addition, they see that Hungary, Slovakia and Poland have also tried amazing efforts to catch up on wages.
Single-digit increases in teacher salaries have been seen in Slovenia, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus. However, in Türkiye it decreased by 10%. With a growth of 54 percent, our country belongs to the top of the middle field.
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The Economic Research Foundation also examined the results in terms of GDP. The analysis took into account 2020 data, according to which Iceland had the highest spending on education at 7.7%.
“Sweden, Estonia, Belgium and Denmark produce indicators in the range of 6-7 percent. The most modest indicators are Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania and Ireland, in these countries the indicator is less than 4.5 percent. Hungary’s indicator is close to the EU average (5 percent) with a value of 4.7 per cent.Slovakia is less than that, but Poland and the Czech Republic have a slightly higher index.
The Economic Research Organization has also created an analysis chart showing the differences in teachers’ salaries on the European continent.
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