Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Teachers in primary education, male (number). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
254.1 % change on previous year
Kazakhstan
Lowest
-81.75 % change on previous year
Russia
Median
0.5882 % change on previous year
Years covered
50
1971–2020
Data points
6,432
What the numbers show
Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 254.1 % change on previous year in Kazakhstan; the lowest is -81.75 % change on previous year in Russia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5882 % change on previous year, and the mean is 1.65 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 34,420.7%), and the largest decrease in Papua New Guinea (down 10,509.3%).
Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 254.1 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 34,420.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Poland | 45.15 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 703.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Mongolia | 38.17 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 630.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Seychelles | 33.8 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 422.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 24.71 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 587.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Jamaica | 22.99 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 369.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Monaco | 22.58 % change on previous year | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Jordan | 21.08 % change on previous year | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Gabon | 20.87 % change on previous year | 2003 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Slovenia | 20.73 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 939.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Bermuda | 16.92 % change on previous year | 2014 | up 1,050.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.3 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Algeria | 14.84 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 222.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Zambia | 14.6 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 130.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Fiji | 14.56 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 2,253.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Czechia | 13.2 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 1,266.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Saint Lucia | 12.77 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 273.6% | volatile |
| 18 | South Africa | 12.12 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Macao | 9.82 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 237.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Hungary | 9.5 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 405.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Honduras | 8.83 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 187.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 8.71 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 445.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Haiti | 8.4 % change on previous year | 1998 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Palestine | 8.33 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Malawi | 8.27 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 381.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Kuwait | 7.9 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 427.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Congo | 7.86 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 7.67 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 126.8% | volatile |
| 29 | American Samoa | 7.65 % change on previous year | 1992 | up 144.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Indonesia | 7.15 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 245.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Tajikistan | 7.11 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Bahamas | 7.07 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.88 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.32 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Vanuatu | 6.12 % change on previous year | 2004 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Hong Kong | 5.56 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 545.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Lesotho | 5.4 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Austria | 5.38 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Venezuela | 5.15 % change on previous year | 1987 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 40 | San Marino | 5 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Denmark | 5 % change on previous year | 2001 | — | volatile |
| 42 | El Salvador | 4.93 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 226.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Qatar | 4.9 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Madagascar | 4.86 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Togo | 4.7 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 46 | India | 4.62 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 175.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Chile | 4.62 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 109.6% | volatile |
| 48 | French Polynesia | 4.35 % change on previous year | 1996 | up 119.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Philippines | 4.17 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Myanmar | 4.04 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 234.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Guinea | 3.93 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Peru | 3.85 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 121.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Suriname | 3.66 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Azerbaijan | 3.47 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 19,655.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Luxembourg | 3.22 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Senegal | 3.18 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Gambia | 3.1 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Djibouti | 3.03 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Libya | 2.89 % change on previous year | 1981 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Rwanda | 2.86 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Cape Verde | 2.57 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 325.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Croatia | 2.49 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 375.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Norway | 2.47 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 64 | Singapore | 2.35 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Italy | 2.13 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 797.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Ghana | 1.98 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 174.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Brazil | 1.87 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Latvia | 1.87 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Somalia | 1.86 % change on previous year | 1980 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Chad | 1.83 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Mozambique | 1.8 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Estonia | 1.66 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 152.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Uganda | 1.61 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 268.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Germany | 1.58 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 118.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Eritrea | 1.49 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Ethiopia | 1.49 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Morocco | 1.48 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 129.8% | volatile |
| 78 | South Korea | 1.39 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 254.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 103.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Japan | 1.34 % change on previous year | 2005 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Portugal | 1.29 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 1.25 % change on previous year | 2008 | up 129.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.21 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 819.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Andorra | 1.2 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 212.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Cyprus | 1.19 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Burundi | 1.15 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Aruba | 1.09 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 215.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Nepal | 0.9232 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 154.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Belarus | 0.8772 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Finland | 0.7902 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 120.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Moldova | 0.7042 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Greece | 0.6935 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 137.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Colombia | 0.678 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Central African Republic | 0.6693 % change on previous year | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Vietnam | 0.507 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 119.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 0.5028 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 125.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Israel | 0.4896 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 217.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 0.4532 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 101.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Serbia | 0.4299 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 123.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Barbados | 0.3058 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 207.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Canada | 0.2315 % change on previous year | 2000 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 0.1454 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 134.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Cuba | 0.1088 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 102.7% | volatile |
| 104 | New Zealand | 0.0537 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Cayman Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2013 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Panama | 0 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2003 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Tonga | 0 % change on previous year | 2015 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Uruguay | 0 % change on previous year | 1997 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Burkina Faso | -0.0187 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 100.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Spain | -0.0223 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Belgium | -0.1097 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Guinea-Bissau | -0.1661 % change on previous year | 1988 | down 106.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Tanzania | -0.2875 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Georgia | -0.4726 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Laos | -0.477 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 124.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Bolivia | -0.5564 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Afghanistan | -0.6543 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 151.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Turkey | -0.6693 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 96.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Brunei | -0.6772 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Lithuania | -0.7299 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 90.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Iceland | -0.7313 % change on previous year | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Guatemala | -0.8254 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 106.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Slovakia | -0.9116 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Oman | -1.28 % change on previous year | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Kenya | -1.31 % change on previous year | 2015 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Cambodia | -1.52 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Australia | -1.62 % change on previous year | 1997 | down 100.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Malaysia | -1.63 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 120.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Ireland | -1.63 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 131 | East Timor | -1.82 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 168.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Ecuador | -1.99 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 400.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Romania | -2.09 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 153.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Albania | -2.12 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 128.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Netherlands | -2.21 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Mali | -2.21 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 133.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Guyana | -2.3 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Bhutan | -2.32 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 139 | China | -2.34 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 140 | North Macedonia | -2.42 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 261.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Mexico | -2.7 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 465.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Cameroon | -2.72 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 295.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -2.78 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 144 | Tunisia | -2.82 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 1,666.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Saudi Arabia | -2.82 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 146 | France | -2.91 % change on previous year | 2013 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Egypt | -2.97 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | -3.06 % change on previous year | 2009 | down 370.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Botswana | -3.34 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 157.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Eswatini | -3.43 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 132.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Bahrain | -3.48 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 164.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Zimbabwe | -3.57 % change on previous year | 2013 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Liechtenstein | -3.57 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 136.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | -3.59 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 191.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Iran | -3.82 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Dominica | -3.9 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 201.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Liberia | -3.97 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 171.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Malta | -4.01 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 384.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Pakistan | -4.02 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 172.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Mauritius | -4.03 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Iraq | -4.19 % change on previous year | 2004 | down 120.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Thailand | -4.37 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 652.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Lebanon | -4.38 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Niger | -4.43 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 128.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Sierra Leone | -4.46 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 289.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Samoa | -5.06 % change on previous year | 2001 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Belize | -5.23 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 1,589.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Kyrgyzstan | -5.43 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 242.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Argentina | -5.79 % change on previous year | 2008 | down 710.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Syria | -6.65 % change on previous year | 2002 | down 211.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Benin | -6.9 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 206.1% | volatile |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | -8.02 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 342.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Grenada | -8.02 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Maldives | -8.28 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -8.82 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Papua New Guinea | -9.38 % change on previous year | 2001 | down 10,509.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | -9.86 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 234.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Gibraltar | -10.53 % change on previous year | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Kiribati | -11.19 % change on previous year | 2008 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Nigeria | -13.84 % change on previous year | 2007 | down 280.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Mauritania | -15.61 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 1,141.3% | volatile |
| 182 | United Kingdom | -18.33 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 251.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Sweden | -24.33 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 3,051.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Nauru | -33.33 % change on previous year | 2008 | down 200.0% | volatile |
| 185 | British Virgin Islands | -50 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 475.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Ukraine | -62.06 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 357.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Armenia | -66.13 % change on previous year | 2007 | down 473.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Russia | -81.75 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 777.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pacific island small states 7.87 % change on previous year
- Caribbean Small States 4.26 % change on previous year
- Small states 2.42 % change on previous year
- Early-demographic dividend 2.36 % change on previous year
- South Asia 2.23 % change on previous year
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 2.23 % change on previous year
- Low income 2.09 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.83 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.82 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.82 % change on previous year
- Pre-demographic dividend 1.82 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.81 % change on previous year
- Lower middle income 1.72 % change on previous year
- Other small states 1.63 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.59 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 1.55 % change on previous year
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 1.55 % change on previous year
- IBRD only 1.52 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 1.5 % change on previous year
- Post-demographic dividend 1.42 % change on previous year
- Low & middle income 1.39 % change on previous year
- IDA & IBRD total 1.39 % change on previous year
- World 1.37 % change on previous year
- Least developed countries 1.34 % change on previous year
- IDA only 1.28 % change on previous year
- OECD members 1.25 % change on previous year
- Middle income 1.25 % change on previous year
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.23 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.22 % change on previous year
- High income 1.19 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean 1.18 % change on previous year
- IDA total 1.15 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.9785 % change on previous year
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.8102 % change on previous year
- IDA blend 0.7938 % change on previous year
- Upper middle income 0.7137 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia 0.6657 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific 0.5764 % change on previous year
- Arab World 0.5647 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.2815 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Teachers in primary education, male (number). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Teachers in primary education, male UNESCO Institute for Statistics
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Teachers in primary education, male (number). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.