Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Malaysia: Teachers in pre-primary education, male

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
50,982 number
in 2019
Malaysia
2,581 number
in 2019
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
31st
Malaysia rank
32nd

Teachers in pre-primary education, male over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Malaysia
020.0k40.0k60.0k197019942019

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 50,982 number against 2,581 number in Malaysia, a difference of 48,401 number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 19.8 times Malaysia's.

Across all 26 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st and Malaysia ranks 32nd of 45 groups.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Malaysia Difference Ahead
1970s 1,634 number 51 number 1,583 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 8,780 number 119 number 8,661 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 19,370 number 301 number 19,069 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 36,232 number 866.56 number 35,366 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 46,663 number 1,917 number 44,747 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in pre-primary education, male, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Malaysia?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 50,982 number against 2,581 number in Malaysia as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in pre-primary education, male between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malaysia?
48,401 number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malaysia?
26 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2019.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malaysia rank globally for teachers in pre-primary education, male?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st and Malaysia ranks 32nd of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in pre-primary 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 pre-primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
223 places, 5,558 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of male teachers in public and private pre-primary education institutions. 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/