Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Egypt or Japan?

Egypt, at 200,093 number against 134,400 number in Japan as of 2019.

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

65,693 number, with Egypt ahead.

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

25 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2005.

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 Japan: Teachers in primary education, male

Egypt

200,093 number

in 2019

Japan

134,400 number

in 2005

Egypt rank

9th

Japan rank

12th

Teachers in primary education, male over time

Egypt
Japan

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 200,093 number against 134,400 number in Japan, a difference of 65,693 number.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.5 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Japan ahead.

Egypt ranks 9th and Japan ranks 12th of 196 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1970s	62,407 number	175,618 number	113,211 number	Japan
1980s	110,772 number	202,812 number	92,040 number	Japan
1990s	139,510 number	180,568 number	41,057 number	Japan
2000s	164,706 number	130,386 number	34,320 number	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Egypt or Japan?: Egypt, at 200,093 number against 134,400 number in Japan as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Egypt and Japan?: 65,693 number, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Japan?: 25 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2005.
How do Egypt and Japan rank globally for teachers in primary education, male?: Egypt ranks 9th and Japan ranks 12th 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/