What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Egypt and Ethiopia?

37,103 number, with Egypt ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Ethiopia?

23 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2010.

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.

Egypt vs Ethiopia: Teachers in primary education, male

Egypt

200,093 number

in 2019

Ethiopia

162,990 number

in 2011

Egypt rank

9th

Ethiopia rank

11th

Teachers in primary education, male over time

Egypt
Ethiopia

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 200,093 number against 162,990 number in Ethiopia, a difference of 37,103 number.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.2 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 23 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 9th and Ethiopia ranks 11th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Ethiopia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	62,407 number	20,393 number	42,014 number	Egypt
1980s	110,772 number	38,970 number	71,802 number	Egypt
1990s	139,510 number	56,543 number	82,967 number	Egypt
2000s	174,506 number	103,260 number	71,246 number	Egypt
2010s	179,125 number	160,602 number	18,523 number	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Egypt or Ethiopia?: Egypt, at 200,093 number against 162,990 number in Ethiopia as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Egypt and Ethiopia?: 37,103 number, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Ethiopia?: 23 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2010.
How do Egypt and Ethiopia rank globally for teachers in primary education, male?: Egypt ranks 9th and Ethiopia ranks 11th 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/