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Teachers in pre-primary education, male (number) by country

Total number of male teachers in public and private pre-primary education institutions. 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...

Countries reporting
171
Highest
73,731 number
China
Lowest
0 number
British Virgin Islands
Median
203 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
5,558

What the numbers show

Teachers in pre-primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 73,731 number in China; the lowest is 0 number in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 203 number, and the mean is 2,622 number.

Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Iran (up 9,690.0%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 100.0%).

Teachers in pre-primary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 73,731 number 2019 up 160.3% flat
2 India 44,582 number 2019 — volatile
3 Bangladesh 40,413 number 2002 down 21.4% rising
4 United States 35,569 number 2017 — rising
5 Kenya 20,961 number 2016 up 120.9% volatile
6 Indonesia 19,796 number 2018 up 75.7% volatile
7 Brazil 16,293 number 2018 up 28.6% volatile
8 Germany 14,080 number 2018 up 202.3% volatile
9 Morocco 11,796 number 2012 down 43.8% falling
10 Mexico 10,823 number 2018 up 35.6% volatile
11 France 10,575 number 2018 down 58.2% falling
12 Ghana 10,094 number 2019 up 54.4% volatile
13 Madagascar 8,481 number 2019 up 4,387.3% volatile
14 Spain 7,087 number 2018 up 38.8% volatile
15 Philippines 6,648 number 2018 up 695.2% volatile
16 South Africa 6,196 number 2014 up 139.4% volatile
17 Nepal 5,890 number 2019 up 85.1% rising
18 Liberia 5,176 number 2017 down 0.5% rising
19 Turkey 4,585 number 2018 up 276.4% volatile
20 Papua New Guinea 4,457 number 2016 up 162.3% volatile
21 Canada 4,252 number 1996 down 8.3% falling
22 Uganda 3,780 number 2017 up 17.8% rising
23 Sweden 3,679 number 2018 up 151.1% volatile
24 Netherlands 3,677 number 2018 down 26.6% volatile
25 Denmark 3,474 number 2018 — volatile
26 Uzbekistan 3,074 number 2019 up 9.2% falling
27 Algeria 2,936 number 2019 down 51.2% volatile
28 Argentina 2,858 number 2008 up 29.1% volatile
29 Peru 2,688 number 2019 down 22.8% volatile
30 Senegal 2,662 number 2019 up 139.4% volatile
31 Tanzania 2,658 number 2019 down 64.4% falling
32 Malaysia 2,581 number 2019 up 84.0% volatile
33 Japan 2,317 number 2005 down 81.7% falling
34 Poland 2,222 number 2018 up 112.2% rising
35 Ukraine 2,080 number 2012 up 69.8% rising
36 Guatemala 2,070 number 2012 up 23.4% rising
37 Colombia 2,019 number 2014 down 6.9% rising
38 Iran 1,958 number 2005 up 9,690.0% volatile
39 Guinea 1,702 number 2010 up 1,065.8% volatile
40 Democratic Republic of Congo 1,671 number 2018 up 255.5% volatile
41 Kazakhstan 1,667 number 2014 up 348.1% volatile
42 Ethiopia 1,607 number 2017 down 47.9% volatile
43 Cameroon 1,595 number 2019 up 400.0% volatile
44 Ecuador 1,536 number 2018 down 84.7% volatile
45 Benin 1,482 number 2019 up 196.4% volatile
46 Italy 1,469 number 2018 up 11.0% volatile
47 Gambia 1,412 number 2019 up 49.4% rising
48 Belgium 1,239 number 2018 up 99.2% volatile
49 Norway 1,185 number 2018 — falling
50 United Kingdom 1,139 number 2018 down 59.8% volatile
51 Jamaica 1,124 number 2019 up 771.3% volatile
52 South Korea 1,092 number 2018 up 98.9% volatile
53 Rwanda 1,059 number 2019 up 80.4% rising
54 Ireland 1,039 number 1997 down 12.7% falling
55 Dominican Republic 941 number 2019 up 62.8% rising
56 Tunisia 854 number 2016 up 232.3% volatile
57 Costa Rica 775 number 2019 up 61.8% volatile
58 Burkina Faso 728 number 2019 up 43.9% volatile
59 Paraguay 708 number 2012 up 11.0% volatile
60 Sierra Leone 688 number 2019 up 79.2% volatile
61 Honduras 667 number 2019 up 20.8% volatile
62 Cambodia 648 number 2019 up 107.7% volatile
63 Togo 546 number 2019 up 647.9% volatile
64 Mali 535 number 2018 up 522.1% volatile
65 Bolivia 525 number 2018 up 48.3% rising
66 Venezuela 506 number 1997 up 43.3% volatile
67 Finland 494 number 2018 up 14.6% rising
68 Vietnam 450 number 2019 down 86.1% volatile
69 Belarus 421 number 2018 up 6.9% falling
70 Switzerland 414 number 2018 up 71.1% rising
71 Nicaragua 408 number 2010 up 133.1% volatile
72 Niger 403 number 2019 up 315.5% volatile
73 New Zealand 392.96 number 2018 — volatile
74 Chile 368.75 number 2018 down 8.0% volatile
75 Burundi 332 number 2019 down 48.1% volatile
76 Cote d'Ivoire 329 number 2019 up 33.2% volatile
77 El Salvador 321 number 2018 down 69.3% volatile
78 Hong Kong 316 number 2019 up 267.4% volatile
79 Solomon Islands 299 number 2018 up 55.7% rising
80 Austria 293.3 number 2017 up 48.1% volatile
81 Egypt 290 number 2019 down 37.0% volatile
82 Panama 286 number 2017 down 8.9% volatile
83 Moldova 282 number 2019 — volatile
84 Serbia 272 number 2019 down 42.6% rising
85 Lebanon 268 number 2019 up 318.8% volatile
86 Mongolia 203 number 2018 up 306.0% volatile
87 Greece 197 number 2018 up 109.6% volatile
88 Iceland 177 number 2018 up 152.9% rising
89 Slovenia 173 number 2018 up 111.0% volatile
90 Portugal 150 number 2018 down 74.3% volatile
91 Tajikistan 136 number 2017 — volatile
92 Laos 131 number 2019 up 555.0% volatile
93 Syria 123 number 2013 down 67.4% volatile
94 Croatia 122 number 2018 up 93.7% volatile
95 Puerto Rico 120 number 2018 down 90.5% volatile
96 Romania 115 number 2018 up 6.5% volatile
97 Hungary 113 number 2016 up 126.0% volatile
98 Czechia 109 number 2012 up 53.5% volatile
99 Guinea-Bissau 97 number 2010 up 86.5% volatile
100 Lithuania 95 number 2018 up 61.0% rising
101 Libya 90 number 2006 — volatile
102 Chad 78 number 2019 down 38.6% volatile
103 Luxembourg 71 number 2018 up 238.1% volatile
104 Slovakia 70 number 2018 up 311.8% volatile
105 Latvia 66 number 2018 up 94.1% falling
106 Eritrea 65 number 2018 up 75.7% volatile
107 Bhutan 62 number 2020 up 6,100.0% volatile
107 Lesotho 62 number 2016 up 226.3% volatile
109 Bulgaria 60 number 2018 up 36.4% volatile
110 East Timor 51 number 2019 up 628.6% rising
111 Brunei 46 number 2019 up 130.0% falling
112 Myanmar 42 number 2018 down 30.0% volatile
113 Vanuatu 41 number 2015 down 34.9% volatile
114 Central African Republic 39 number 2016 down 17.0% volatile
115 Sao Tome and Principe 38 number 2015 up 216.7% volatile
116 Yemen 37 number 2016 down 2.6% rising
117 Djibouti 33 number 2018 up 83.3% volatile
118 Botswana 28 number 2014 down 30.0% flat
119 United Arab Emirates 27 number 2016 up 200.0% volatile
119 Congo 27 number 2012 up 800.0% volatile
121 Estonia 25 number 2011 up 47.1% rising
121 Kyrgyzstan 25 number 2011 — volatile
123 Macao 22 number 2019 up 633.3% volatile
123 Maldives 22 number 2019 down 21.4% volatile
123 Sudan 22 number 2017 — volatile
126 Kuwait 18 number 2019 unchanged volatile
127 Sri Lanka 17 number 2018 down 26.1% falling
127 Trinidad and Tobago 17 number 2019 — volatile
129 Barbados 16 number 2019 up 33.3% falling
130 Armenia 15 number 2019 up 15.4% volatile
130 North Macedonia 15 number 2012 down 34.8% volatile
132 Mauritius 14 number 2019 unchanged volatile
132 Samoa 14 number 2019 up 100.0% rising
134 Cyprus 10 number 2018 up 42.9% volatile
135 Israel 8 number 1978 up 100.0% rising
135 Somalia 8 number 1986 up 14.3% volatile
137 Andorra 6 number 2019 down 57.1% falling
138 Guyana 5 number 2012 down 75.0% volatile
139 Malta 4.5 number 2017 up 125.0% volatile
140 Belize 4 number 2019 down 20.0% volatile
140 Fiji 4 number 2004 — volatile
140 Monaco 4 number 2020 up 100.0% volatile
143 Aruba 3 number 2012 up 200.0% volatile
143 Bahrain 3 number 2019 up 200.0% volatile
143 Oman 3 number 2019 down 76.9% volatile
146 San Marino 2 number 2019 down 50.0% volatile
146 Suriname 2 number 2019 unchanged volatile
148 American Samoa 1 number 1992 down 50.0% volatile
148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 number 2016 — volatile
148 Seychelles 1 number 2019 — volatile
148 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 number 2018 down 75.0% volatile
152 Azerbaijan 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
152 Bahamas 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
152 Cuba 0 number 2019 — volatile
152 Cayman Islands 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
152 Dominica 0 number 2019 — volatile
152 Gibraltar 0 number 2019 — volatile
152 Grenada 0 number 2018 — volatile
152 Iraq 0 number 2007 — volatile
152 Jordan 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
152 Liechtenstein 0 number 2018 down 100.0% volatile
152 Nauru 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
152 Palestine 0 number 2019 — volatile
152 French Polynesia 0 number 1996 — volatile
152 Qatar 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile
152 Saudi Arabia 0 number 2019 — volatile
152 Singapore 0 number 1989 — volatile
152 Tonga 0 number 2015 down 100.0% volatile
152 Tuvalu 0 number 2019 — volatile
152 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 number 2018 — volatile
152 British Virgin Islands 0 number 2018 — volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Teachers in pre-primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
223 places, 5,558 data points, 1970–2020
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Total number of male teachers in public and private pre-primary education institutions. 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/