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Teachers in lower secondary education, male (number) by country

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

Countries reporting
137
Highest
1.74 million number
India
Lowest
31 number
Gibraltar
Median
9,442 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
2,917

What the numbers show

Teachers in lower secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 1.74 million number in India; the lowest is 31 number in Gibraltar.

The median across all reporting countries is 9,442 number, and the mean is 52,800 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56,108.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 769.5%), and the largest decrease in Gibraltar (down 65.2%).

Teachers in lower secondary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 1.74 million number 2019 up 59.3% rising
2 China 1.60 million number 2019 down 15.0% falling
3 Indonesia 384,516 number 2018 down 13.9% rising
4 United States 286,156 number 2017 — flat
5 Brazil 250,914 number 2018 up 16.3% rising
6 Mexico 197,879 number 2012 up 7.0% rising
7 Egypt 148,020 number 2019 up 3.6% rising
8 Bangladesh 147,721 number 2019 down 10.9% rising
9 Turkey 144,813 number 2018 up 53.5% rising
10 Germany 138,977 number 2018 down 11.6% falling
11 Pakistan 130,935 number 2019 up 8.0% rising
12 Uzbekistan 103,758 number 2017 up 19.3% rising
13 France 95,398 number 2018 up 13.8% flat
14 Ghana 94,311 number 2019 up 67.1% rising
15 Vietnam 93,139 number 2019 down 9.2% rising
16 Philippines 86,526 number 2018 up 185.1% volatile
17 Nigeria 79,469 number 2010 up 51.8% rising
18 Iran 69,619 number 2017 down 27.6% falling
19 Ethiopia 62,871 number 2011 up 137.5% volatile
20 Colombia 60,783 number 2017 up 3.4% flat
21 Saudi Arabia 57,100 number 2019 down 21.1% falling
22 Spain 55,382 number 2018 down 29.7% rising
23 United Kingdom 55,254 number 2018 down 4.4% falling
24 Benin 53,225 number 2014 up 769.5% volatile
25 Morocco 48,962 number 2019 — rising
26 Argentina 42,078 number 2008 down 8.2% falling
27 Nepal 40,549 number 2019 up 78.5% rising
28 Italy 39,901 number 2018 down 13.7% falling
29 Burkina Faso 38,916 number 2019 up 269.7% rising
30 Afghanistan 37,455 number 2018 up 55.6% rising
31 Thailand 37,233 number 2019 down 37.6% falling
32 Kenya 35,009 number 2015 up 71.7% rising
33 Madagascar 33,517 number 2018 up 91.5% rising
34 Guatemala 31,622 number 2019 up 47.6% rising
35 Malaysia 30,900 number 2004 up 14.7% rising
36 South Korea 30,212 number 2018 down 11.9% falling
37 Netherlands 27,025 number 2018 down 11.3% falling
38 Sri Lanka 21,557 number 2018 up 3.4% flat
39 Poland 21,292 number 2018 down 29.8% falling
40 Mali 19,922 number 2018 up 100.6% volatile
41 Romania 18,537 number 2018 down 30.4% falling
42 Belgium 17,933 number 2018 up 9.9% rising
43 Sierra Leone 16,733 number 2019 up 51.9% rising
44 Niger 16,631 number 2018 up 209.8% volatile
45 Ecuador 16,576 number 2018 down 25.9% falling
46 Cambodia 16,024 number 2019 up 5.9% rising
47 Tunisia 15,540 number 2018 down 12.1% rising
48 Jordan 14,709 number 2019 down 14.7% rising
49 Mozambique 14,398 number 2013 up 107.8% volatile
50 Greece 13,809 number 2018 up 0.1% flat
51 Switzerland 13,567 number 2018 down 16.5% falling
52 Palestine 12,702 number 2019 up 7.8% rising
53 Sweden 12,648 number 2018 down 2.0% falling
54 Zambia 12,551 number 2014 up 416.7% volatile
55 Serbia 12,187 number 2019 up 7.6% rising
56 Austria 12,164 number 2017 down 7.2% falling
57 Laos 12,026 number 2019 up 81.7% rising
58 Guinea 11,352 number 2011 up 136.8% rising
59 Kuwait 11,321 number 2019 up 76.9% rising
60 Portugal 11,237 number 2018 down 22.0% falling
61 Myanmar 11,204 number 2018 up 27.9% falling
62 Liberia 10,715 number 2017 up 78.6% rising
63 Cuba 10,571 number 2019 down 36.4% flat
64 Senegal 10,536 number 2008 up 263.9% rising
65 Denmark 10,118 number 2018 — falling
66 Oman 9,990 number 2019 — volatile
67 Belarus 9,770 number 2018 down 3.7% flat
68 Chad 9,627 number 2018 up 42.0% rising
69 Costa Rica 9,442 number 2019 up 28.2% rising
70 Hungary 9,245 number 2016 down 13.9% rising
71 Honduras 8,806 number 2019 up 76.9% rising
72 Chile 8,781 number 2018 up 68.7% rising
73 Czechia 8,396 number 2012 up 24.6% falling
74 Lebanon 7,924 number 2016 up 4.8% falling
75 Burundi 7,576 number 2019 up 1.7% falling
76 Israel 6,399 number 2018 up 5.0% falling
77 Hong Kong 6,372 number 2005 — flat
78 Norway 6,335 number 2018 up 12.8% falling
79 Croatia 6,254 number 2018 up 24.5% rising
80 United Arab Emirates 6,194 number 2016 up 6.2% rising
81 New Zealand 5,601 number 2018 down 4.6% rising
82 Slovakia 5,538 number 2018 up 1.7% falling
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,459 number 2019 down 3.5% flat
84 Panama 5,206 number 2017 up 38.0% rising
85 Finland 5,169 number 2018 down 5.8% falling
86 Albania 4,844 number 2019 down 20.7% falling
87 El Salvador 4,771 number 2018 down 24.4% falling
88 Nicaragua 4,760 number 2008 up 51.9% rising
89 Comoros 4,712 number 2018 up 151.6% volatile
90 North Macedonia 4,476 number 2018 up 3.9% rising
91 Dominican Republic 4,243 number 2019 up 60.4% rising
92 Mauritania 4,008 number 2019 up 144.4% volatile
93 Gambia 3,951 number 2019 up 79.8% rising
94 Lithuania 3,816 number 2018 down 17.9% falling
95 Bulgaria 3,441 number 2018 down 17.3% falling
96 Eritrea 3,320 number 2018 up 43.2% rising
97 Georgia 3,307 number 2019 up 8.1% falling
98 Moldova 2,853 number 2019 down 37.0% falling
99 Mongolia 2,612 number 2007 down 7.8% falling
100 Bhutan 2,249 number 2020 up 108.4% volatile
101 Qatar 2,129 number 2019 up 52.3% rising
102 East Timor 1,986 number 2019 up 22.1% rising
103 Slovenia 1,878 number 2016 up 9.8% falling
104 Puerto Rico 1,865 number 2018 up 1.1% flat
105 Bahrain 1,838 number 2019 up 26.8% rising
106 Trinidad and Tobago 1,511 number 2009 up 21.3% rising
107 Maldives 1,312 number 2019 down 30.1% rising
108 Latvia 1,142 number 2018 down 29.0% falling
109 Djibouti 1,084 number 2020 up 51.6% rising
110 Cape Verde 1,066 number 2018 down 9.0% rising
111 Luxembourg 1,027 number 2018 up 20.3% rising
112 Cyprus 845 number 2018 down 12.8% flat
113 Guyana 769 number 2012 down 28.6% falling
114 Estonia 765 number 2018 down 22.5% falling
115 Belize 630 number 2019 up 20.2% rising
116 Suriname 602 number 2019 up 2.2% falling
117 Malta 586.58 number 2017 down 48.8% falling
118 Sao Tome and Principe 558 number 2017 up 234.1% rising
119 Macao 470 number 2019 up 6.6% rising
120 Brunei 415 number 2019 down 56.0% falling
121 Bahamas 242 number 2018 down 41.5% falling
122 Barbados 196 number 2019 — falling
123 Saint Lucia 184 number 2019 down 10.7% rising
124 Samoa 156 number 2010 up 62.5% rising
125 Grenada 154 number 2018 down 36.9% falling
126 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 153 number 2010 up 25.4% rising
127 Kiribati 149 number 2016 down 12.4% flat
128 Andorra 145 number 2012 down 11.0% falling
129 Liechtenstein 110 number 2018 down 17.3% falling
130 Bermuda 108 number 2016 down 6.9% rising
131 Saint Kitts and Nevis 89 number 2012 down 16.0% flat
132 Dominica 75 number 2016 down 17.6% falling
132 Monaco 75 number 2020 — rising
134 British Virgin Islands 52 number 2011 up 48.6% falling
135 Cayman Islands 49 number 2018 down 10.9% rising
136 San Marino 33 number 2019 down 15.4% falling
137 Gibraltar 31 number 2017 down 65.2% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in lower secondary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
182 places, 2,917 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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