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

3.18 million number, with IDA total ahead.

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

8 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2017.

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.

IDA total vs United States: Teachers in primary education, male

IDA total

3.41 million number

in 2019

United States

228,748 number

in 2017

IDA total rank

8th

United States rank

6th

Teachers in primary education, male over time

IDA total
United States

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 3.41 million number against 228,748 number in United States, a difference of 3.18 million number.

That makes IDA total's figure about 14.9 times United States's.

Across all 8 years both countries report, IDA total has been ahead every year.

IDA total ranks 8th and United States ranks 6th of 43 groups.

IDA total has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA total	United States	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.75 million number	200,563 number	1.55 million number	IDA total
2010s	3.14 million number	221,941 number	2.91 million number	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, IDA total or United States?: IDA total, at 3.41 million number against 228,748 number in United States as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between IDA total and United States?: 3.18 million number, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and United States?: 8 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2017.
How do IDA total and United States rank globally for teachers in primary education, male?: IDA total ranks 8th and United States ranks 6th of 43 groups.
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/