Which has higher teachers in secondary education, male, Iran or United Kingdom?

United Kingdom, at 143,105 number against 139,045 number in Iran as of 2018.

What is the difference in teachers in secondary education, male between Iran and United Kingdom?

4,060 number, with United Kingdom ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and United Kingdom?

7 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2017.

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.

Iran vs United Kingdom: Teachers in secondary education, male

Iran

139,045 number

in 2017

United Kingdom

143,105 number

in 2018

Iran rank

21st

United Kingdom rank

19th

Teachers in secondary education, male over time

Iran
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 143,105 number against 139,045 number in Iran, a difference of 4,060 number.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 1993 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Iran ranks 21st and United Kingdom ranks 19th of 190 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iran	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1990s	145,524 number	192,722 number	47,198 number	United Kingdom
2010s	147,285 number	153,308 number	6,022 number	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in secondary education, male, Iran or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 143,105 number against 139,045 number in Iran as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in secondary education, male between Iran and United Kingdom?: 4,060 number, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and United Kingdom?: 7 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2017.
How do Iran and United Kingdom rank globally for teachers in secondary education, male?: Iran ranks 21st and United Kingdom ranks 19th 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: 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/