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

3.25 million number, with IDA total ahead.

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

33 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2011.

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.

Ethiopia vs IDA total: Teachers in primary education, male

Ethiopia

162,990 number

in 2011

IDA total

3.41 million number

in 2019

Ethiopia rank

11th

IDA total rank

8th

Teachers in primary education, male over time

Ethiopia
IDA total

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 3.41 million number against 162,990 number in Ethiopia, a difference of 3.25 million number.

That makes IDA total's figure about 20.9 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, IDA total has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 11th and IDA total ranks 8th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	IDA total	Difference	Ahead
1970s	18,205 number	979,078 number	960,873 number	IDA total
1980s	35,945 number	1.39 million number	1.36 million number	IDA total
1990s	59,108 number	1.70 million number	1.64 million number	IDA total
2000s	112,464 number	2.32 million number	2.20 million number	IDA total
2010s	161,796 number	2.70 million number	2.54 million number	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Ethiopia or IDA total?: IDA total, at 3.41 million number against 162,990 number in Ethiopia as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Ethiopia and IDA total?: 3.25 million number, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and IDA total?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2011.
How do Ethiopia and IDA total rank globally for teachers in primary education, male?: Ethiopia ranks 11th and IDA total ranks 8th 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/