Colombia vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Teachers in secondary education, male

Colombia
89,996 number
in 2017
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1.60 million number
in 2019
Colombia rank
32nd
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
29th

Teachers in secondary education, male over time

  • Colombia
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0500.0k1.0M1.5M197019942019

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 1.60 million number against 89,996 number in Colombia, a difference of 1.51 million number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 17.8 times Colombia's.

Across all 28 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Colombia ranks 32nd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 29th of 190 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 39,763 number 617,094 number 577,331 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 50,371 number 1.01 million number 957,592 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 94,695 number 1.09 million number 994,965 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 86,776 number 1.19 million number 1.10 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 92,526 number 1.51 million number 1.42 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in secondary education, male, Colombia or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 1.60 million number against 89,996 number in Colombia as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in secondary education, male between Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
1.51 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
28 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2017.
How do Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in secondary education, male?
Colombia ranks 32nd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 29th of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in secondary 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

Colombia vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Teachers in secondary education, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/teachers-in-secondary-education-male-number/colombia/latin-america-and-caribbean-excluding-high-income/

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-secondary-education-male-number/colombia/latin-america-and-caribbean-excluding-high-income/">Colombia vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Teachers in secondary education, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in secondary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 5,697 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of male teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). 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/