Korea vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Teachers in lower secondary education, male

Korea
30,212 number
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
531,154 number
in 2019
Korea rank
36th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
37th

Teachers in lower secondary education, male over time

  • Korea
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 531,154 number against 30,212 number in Korea, a difference of 500,942 number.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 17.6 times Korea's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Korea ranks 36th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 37th of 137 countries.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Korea Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 43,695 number 371,150 number 327,456 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 34,606 number 498,955 number 464,349 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 32,213 number 530,325 number 498,112 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in lower secondary education, male, Korea or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 531,154 number against 30,212 number in Korea as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in lower secondary education, male between Korea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
500,942 number, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
24 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2018.
How do Korea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in lower secondary education, male?
Korea ranks 36th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 37th 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

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/