Which has higher teachers in lower secondary education, male, Afghanistan or Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), at 790,476 number against 37,455 number in Afghanistan as of 2019.

What is the difference in teachers in lower secondary education, male between Afghanistan and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?

753,021 number, with Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?

9 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in lower secondary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Afghanistan vs Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Teachers in lower secondary education, male

Afghanistan

37,455 number

in 2018

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

790,476 number

in 2019

Afghanistan rank

30th

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

28th

Teachers in lower secondary education, male over time

Afghanistan
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

How they compare

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 790,476 number against 37,455 number in Afghanistan, a difference of 753,021 number.

That makes Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 21.1 times Afghanistan's.

Across all 9 years both countries report, Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 30th and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 28th of 137 countries.

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)	Difference	Ahead
2000s	20,932 number	673,029 number	652,097 number	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	31,896 number	762,274 number	730,377 number	Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in lower secondary education, male, Afghanistan or Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), at 790,476 number against 37,455 number in Afghanistan as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in lower secondary education, male between Afghanistan and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 753,021 number, with Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: 9 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2018.
How do Afghanistan and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for teachers in lower secondary education, male?: Afghanistan ranks 30th and Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 28th of 137 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in lower secondary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Teachers in lower secondary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 182 places, 2,917 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Total number of male teachers in public and private lower secondary education institutions (ISCED 2). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/