Teachers in lower secondary education, male in India

India: Teachers in lower secondary education, male was 1.74 million number in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
1.74 million number
Change on year
up 21.0%
World rank
1st
of 137 countries
All-time high
1.74 million number
in 2019
All-time low
710,859 number
in 1994
Years of data
17
1994–2019

Teachers in lower secondary education, male in India, 1994–2019

0500.0k1.0M1.5M1994200620191994: 710.9k number1996: 755.8k number1997: 768.1k number2000: 769.0k number2001: 769.5k number2002: 800.2k number2004: 829.4k number2009: 1.1M number2010: 1.1M number2011: 1.0M number2013: 1.2M number2014: 1.2M number2015: 1.2M number2016: 1.4M number2017: 1.4M number2018: 1.4M number2019: 1.7M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

India recorded 1.74 million number for teachers in lower secondary education, male in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.0% on the previous year and up 59.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in lower secondary education, male in India peaked at 1.74 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 710,859 number, in 1994.

India ranks 1st of 137 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 744,903 number 710,859 number 768,091 number 3
2000s 852,064 number 768,974 number 1.09 million number 5
2010s 1.30 million number 1.05 million number 1.74 million number 9

Countries ranked near India

  1. 2 China (People's Republic of) 1.60 million number compare
  2. 3 Indonesia 384,516 number compare
  3. 4 United States 286,156 number compare

See the full ranking of 182 places β†’

More reference data data for India

All data for India β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in lower secondary education, male in India?
Teachers in lower secondary education, male in India 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 India?
The highest recorded value was 1.74 million number in 2019.
What is the lowest teachers in lower secondary education, male recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 710,859 number in 1994.
How does India rank for teachers in lower secondary education, male?
India ranks 1st out of 137 countries with data for 2019.
Is teachers in lower secondary education, male rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 59.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this India 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/