Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Malawi or Senegal?

Malawi, at 45,877 number against 43,978 number in Senegal as of 2019.

What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Malawi and Senegal?

1,899 number, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Senegal?

11 years are reported by both, from 1999 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.

Malawi vs Senegal: Teachers in primary education, male

Malawi

45,877 number

in 2019

Senegal

43,978 number

in 2019

Malawi rank

37th

Senegal rank

40th

Teachers in primary education, male over time

Malawi
Senegal

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 45,877 number against 43,978 number in Senegal, a difference of 1,899 number.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 37th and Senegal ranks 40th of 196 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Senegal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1990s	24,500 number	16,669 number	7,831 number	Malawi
2000s	24,328 number	32,762 number	8,434 number	Senegal
2010s	33,094 number	39,347 number	6,253 number	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, male, Malawi or Senegal?: Malawi, at 45,877 number against 43,978 number in Senegal as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, male between Malawi and Senegal?: 1,899 number, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Senegal?: 11 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2019.
How do Malawi and Senegal rank globally for teachers in primary education, male?: Malawi ranks 37th and Senegal ranks 40th 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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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: 07 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/