Teachers in lower secondary education, male in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Teachers in lower secondary education, male was 147,721 number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
147,721 number
Change on year
down 17.3%
World rank
8th
of 137 countries
All-time high
181,662 number
in 2005
All-time low
114,121 number
in 1998
Years of data
19
1998–2019

Teachers in lower secondary education, male in Bangladesh, 1998–2019

050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k1998200820191998: 114.1k number1999: 117.7k number2000: 117.8k number2001: 122.1k number2002: 137.4k number2003: 155.2k number2004: 154.2k number2005: 181.7k number2006: 176.7k number2007: 177.3k number2008: 158.0k number2009: 165.7k number2010: 163.9k number2011: 155.3k number2012: 163.4k number2013: 163.6k number2016: 149.4k number2017: 178.7k number2019: 147.7k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Bangladesh recorded 147,721 number for teachers in lower secondary education, male in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.3% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in lower secondary education, male in Bangladesh peaked at 181,662 number in 2005 and was at its lowest, 114,121 number, in 1998.

Bangladesh ranks 8th of 137 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.

Teachers in lower secondary education, male in Bangladesh, year by year

Annual values for Teachers in lower secondary education, male (number) in Bangladesh, 1998 to 2019.
Year number Change
1998 114,121 number
1999 117,663 number +3.1%
2000 117,809 number +0.1%
2001 122,060 number +3.6%
2002 137,395 number +12.6%
2003 155,154 number +12.9%
2004 154,196 number -0.6%
2005 181,662 number +17.8%
2006 176,694 number -2.7%
2007 177,321 number +0.4%
2008 157,984 number -10.9%
2009 165,746 number +4.9%
2010 163,919 number -1.1%
2011 155,341 number -5.2%
2012 163,420 number +5.2%
2013 163,560 number +0.1%
2016 149,441 number -8.6%
2017 178,671 number +19.6%
2019 147,721 number -17.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 115,892 number 114,121 number 117,663 number 2
2000s 154,602 number 117,809 number 181,662 number 10
2010s 160,296 number 147,721 number 178,671 number 7

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 5 Brazil 250,914 number compare
  2. 6 Mexico 197,879 number compare
  3. 7 Egypt 148,020 number compare
  4. 9 Türkiye 144,813 number compare
  5. 10 Germany 138,977 number compare
  6. 11 Pakistan 130,935 number compare

See the full ranking of 182 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in lower secondary education, male in Bangladesh?
Teachers in lower secondary education, male in Bangladesh was 147,721 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in lower secondary education, male recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 181,662 number in 2005.
What is the lowest teachers in lower secondary education, male recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 114,121 number in 1998.
How does Bangladesh rank for teachers in lower secondary education, male?
Bangladesh ranks 8th out of 137 countries with data for 2019.
Is teachers in lower secondary education, male rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in lower secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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/