Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Korea or Zambia?

Zambia, at 38,692 number against 37,017 number in Korea as of 2017.

What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Korea and Zambia?

1,675 number, with Zambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Zambia?

34 years are reported by both, from 1971 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.

Korea vs Zambia: Teachers in primary education, male

Korea

37,017 number

in 2018

Zambia

38,692 number

in 2017

Korea rank

51st

Zambia rank

49th

Teachers in primary education, male over time

Korea
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 38,692 number against 37,017 number in Korea, a difference of 1,675 number.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Korea ahead.

Korea ranks 51st and Zambia ranks 49th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	71,983 number	11,588 number	60,394 number	Korea
1980s	73,687 number	15,153 number	58,534 number	Korea
1990s	53,748 number	19,714 number	34,034 number	Korea
2000s	36,036 number	21,854 number	14,182 number	Korea
2010s	35,734 number	32,688 number	3,046 number	Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Korea or Zambia?: Zambia, at 38,692 number against 37,017 number in Korea as of 2017.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Korea and Zambia?: 1,675 number, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Zambia?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do Korea and Zambia rank globally for teachers in primary education, male?: Korea ranks 51st and Zambia ranks 49th 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/