Cameroon vs Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Teachers in primary education, male

Cameroon
42,950 number
in 2019
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
161,517 number
in 2019
Cameroon rank
41st
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
40th

Teachers in primary education, male over time

  • Cameroon
  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k197219952019

How they compare

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) currently reports 161,517 number against 42,950 number in Cameroon, a difference of 118,567 number.

That makes Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s figure about 3.8 times Cameroon's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 41st and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 196 countries.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 23,972 number 189,795 number 165,823 number Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
1990s 26,830 number 202,865 number 176,035 number Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2000s 35,469 number 202,576 number 167,107 number Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2010s 43,660 number 176,201 number 132,541 number Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Cameroon or Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), at 161,517 number against 42,950 number in Cameroon as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Cameroon and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
118,567 number, with Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
34 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2019.
How do Cameroon and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in primary education, male?
Cameroon ranks 41st and Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 40th 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

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/