Teachers in lower secondary education, male in IDA total

IDA total: Teachers in lower secondary education, male was 1.74 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.74 million number
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
14th
of 43 groups
All-time high
1.74 million number
in 2019
All-time low
696,874 number
in 1998
Years of data
23
1997–2019

Teachers in lower secondary education, male in IDA total, 1997–2019

0500.0k1.0M1.5M1997200820191997: 777.9k number1998: 696.9k number1999: 710.1k number2000: 746.6k number2001: 784.6k number2002: 832.8k number2003: 919.5k number2004: 943.7k number2005: 1.0M number2006: 1.1M number2007: 1.1M number2008: 1.1M number2009: 1.3M number2010: 1.3M number2011: 1.4M number2012: 1.4M number2013: 1.5M number2014: 1.6M number2015: 1.6M number2016: 1.6M number2017: 1.7M number2018: 1.7M number2019: 1.7M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, teachers in lower secondary education, male in IDA total stood at 1.74 million number. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 39.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in lower secondary education, male in IDA total peaked at 1.74 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 696,874 number, in 1998.

IDA total ranks 14th of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 728,302 number 696,874 number 777,896 number 3
2000s 982,171 number 746,583 number 1.25 million number 10
2010s 1.55 million number 1.26 million number 1.74 million number 10

Countries ranked near IDA total

  1. 11 Pakistan 130,935 number compare
  2. 12 Uzbekistan 103,758 number compare
  3. 13 France 95,398 number compare
  4. 14 Ghana 94,311 number compare
  5. 15 Viet Nam 93,139 number compare
  6. 16 Philippines 86,526 number compare
  7. 17 Nigeria 79,469 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in lower secondary education, male in IDA total?
Teachers in lower secondary education, male in IDA total was 1.74 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in lower secondary education, male recorded in IDA total?
The highest recorded value was 1.74 million number in 2019.
What is the lowest teachers in lower secondary education, male recorded in IDA total?
The lowest recorded value was 696,874 number in 1998.
How does IDA total rank for teachers in lower secondary education, male?
IDA total ranks 14th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is teachers in lower secondary education, male rising or falling in IDA total?
Over the last ten years it is up 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this IDA total 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/