Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Finland or Ireland?

Finland, at 5,485 number against 4,874 number in Ireland as of 2018.

What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Finland and Ireland?

611 number, with Finland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Ireland?

13 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2012.

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.

Finland vs Ireland: Teachers in primary education, male

Finland

5,485 number

in 2018

Ireland

4,874 number

in 2012

Finland rank

106th

Ireland rank

108th

Teachers in primary education, male over time

Finland
Ireland

How they compare

Finland currently reports 5,485 number against 4,874 number in Ireland, a difference of 611 number.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Finland has been ahead every year.

Finland ranks 106th and Ireland ranks 108th of 196 countries.

Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Finland	Ireland	Difference	Ahead
1970s	9,504 number	4,588 number	4,916 number	Finland
1990s	6,702 number	3,474 number	3,229 number	Finland
2000s	5,674 number	4,505 number	1,169 number	Finland
2010s	5,352 number	4,892 number	460.67 number	Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Finland or Ireland?: Finland, at 5,485 number against 4,874 number in Ireland as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Finland and Ireland?: 611 number, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Ireland?: 13 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2012.
How do Finland and Ireland rank globally for teachers in primary education, male?: Finland ranks 106th and Ireland ranks 108th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Finland vs Ireland: Teachers in primary education, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 23 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/teachers-in-primary-education-male-number/finland/ireland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/teachers-in-primary-education-male-number/finland/ireland/">Finland vs Ireland: Teachers in primary education, male</a> — Statizoid

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: 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/