What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Afghanistan and Brazil?

6,168 number, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Brazil?

12 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

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

Afghanistan vs Brazil: Teachers in primary education, male

Afghanistan

85,783 number

in 2018

Brazil

91,951 number

in 2018

Afghanistan rank

25th

Brazil rank

22nd

Teachers in primary education, male over time

Afghanistan
Brazil

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 91,951 number against 85,783 number in Afghanistan, a difference of 6,168 number.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Brazil ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 25th and Brazil ranks 22nd of 196 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 2 and Brazil in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Afghanistan	Brazil	Difference	Ahead
1970s	10,933 number	23,864 number	12,931 number	Brazil
1990s	23,820 number	59,607 number	35,787 number	Brazil
2000s	80,656 number	69,116 number	11,540 number	Afghanistan
2010s	88,550 number	83,548 number	5,001 number	Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Afghanistan or Brazil?: Brazil, at 91,951 number against 85,783 number in Afghanistan as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Afghanistan and Brazil?: 6,168 number, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Brazil?: 12 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2018.
How do Afghanistan and Brazil rank globally for teachers in primary education, male?: Afghanistan ranks 25th and Brazil ranks 22nd of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in 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 primary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 241 places, 7,382 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of male teachers in public and private 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/