Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Ghana or Tanzania?

Tanzania, at 98,842 number against 96,150 number in Ghana as of 2019.

What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Ghana and Tanzania?

2,692 number, with Tanzania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Tanzania?

34 years are reported by both, from 1974 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.

Ghana vs Tanzania: Teachers in primary education, male (number)

Ghana

96,150 number

in 2019

Tanzania

98,842 number

in 2019

Ghana rank

20th

Tanzania rank

19th

Teachers in primary education, male (number) over time

Ghana
Tanzania

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 98,842 number against 96,150 number in Ghana, a difference of 2,692 number.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 20th and Tanzania ranks 19th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
1970s	25,965 number	30,601 number	4,636 number	Tanzania
1980s	34,643 number	55,589 number	20,947 number	Tanzania
1990s	45,587 number	59,205 number	13,618 number	Tanzania
2000s	60,517 number	71,759 number	11,241 number	Tanzania
2010s	86,393 number	93,602 number	7,209 number	Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Ghana or Tanzania?: Tanzania, at 98,842 number against 96,150 number in Ghana as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Ghana and Tanzania?: 2,692 number, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Tanzania?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2019.
How do Ghana and Tanzania rank globally for teachers in primary education, male?: Ghana ranks 20th and Tanzania ranks 19th 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: 13 November 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/