What is the difference in teachers in secondary education, male between IDA total and Nigeria?

2.94 million number, with IDA total ahead.

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

22 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2010.

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.

IDA total vs Nigeria: Teachers in secondary education, male

IDA total

3.15 million number

in 2019

Nigeria

203,509 number

in 2010

IDA total rank

15th

Nigeria rank

14th

Teachers in secondary education, male over time

IDA total
Nigeria

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 3.15 million number against 203,509 number in Nigeria, a difference of 2.94 million number.

That makes IDA total's figure about 15.5 times Nigeria's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, IDA total has been ahead every year.

IDA total ranks 15th and Nigeria ranks 14th of 43 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA total	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1970s	452,059 number	15,971 number	436,088 number	IDA total
1980s	836,031 number	71,005 number	765,026 number	IDA total
1990s	1.12 million number	94,980 number	1.02 million number	IDA total
2000s	1.64 million number	115,864 number	1.53 million number	IDA total
2010s	2.24 million number	203,509 number	2.03 million number	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in secondary education, male, IDA total or Nigeria?: IDA total, at 3.15 million number against 203,509 number in Nigeria as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in secondary education, male between IDA total and Nigeria?: 2.94 million number, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Nigeria?: 22 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2010.
How do IDA total and Nigeria rank globally for teachers in secondary education, male?: IDA total ranks 15th and Nigeria ranks 14th of 43 groups.
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: 21 August 2026

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/