Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Cameroon or Senegal?

Senegal, at 43,978 number against 42,950 number in Cameroon as of 2019.

What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Cameroon and Senegal?

1,028 number, with Senegal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Senegal?

29 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2019.

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.

Cameroon vs Senegal: Teachers in primary education, male

Cameroon

42,950 number

in 2019

Senegal

43,978 number

in 2019

Cameroon rank

41st

Senegal rank

40th

Teachers in primary education, male over time

Cameroon
Senegal

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 43,978 number against 42,950 number in Cameroon, a difference of 1,028 number.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 29 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 41st and Senegal ranks 40th of 196 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1970s	20,454 number	6,647 number	13,808 number	Cameroon
1980s	23,721 number	8,375 number	15,346 number	Cameroon
1990s	26,817 number	11,644 number	15,173 number	Cameroon
2000s	35,158 number	26,478 number	8,680 number	Cameroon
2010s	42,723 number	39,421 number	3,302 number	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Cameroon or Senegal?: Senegal, at 43,978 number against 42,950 number in Cameroon as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Cameroon and Senegal?: 1,028 number, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Senegal?: 29 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2019.
How do Cameroon and Senegal rank globally for teachers in primary education, male?: Cameroon ranks 41st and Senegal 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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About this data

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: 07 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/