Ghana vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Teachers in secondary education, male

Ghana
140,336 number
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2.02 million number
in 2018
Ghana rank
20th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
23rd

Teachers in secondary education, male over time

  • Ghana
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M197419962019

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 2.02 million number against 140,336 number in Ghana, a difference of 1.88 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 14.4 times Ghana's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Ghana ranks 20th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 190 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 21,952 number 212,773 number 190,821 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 29,218 number 355,751 number 326,533 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 38,176 number 537,455 number 499,278 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 58,447 number 902,540 number 844,094 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 105,171 number 1.75 million number 1.64 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in secondary education, male, Ghana or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 2.02 million number against 140,336 number in Ghana as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in secondary education, male between Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
1.88 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2018.
How do Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in secondary education, male?
Ghana ranks 20th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 23rd 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.

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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/