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Teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita in Gambia

Gambia: Teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita was 0.0026 number per person in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.0026 number per person
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
23rd
of 196 countries
All-time high
0.0026 number per person
in 2019
All-time low
0.0007 number per person
in 1973
Years of data
37
1971–2019

Teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita in Gambia, 1971–2019

0.0010.0010.0020.0020.0031971199520191971: 0.001 number per person1972: 0.001 number per person1973: 0.001 number per person1977: 0.001 number per person1978: 0.001 number per person1979: 0.001 number per person1980: 0.001 number per person1983: 0.002 number per person1984: 0.002 number per person1985: 0.002 number per person1986: 0.002 number per person1989: 0.002 number per person1992: 0.002 number per person1993: 0.002 number per person1994: 0.002 number per person1995: 0.002 number per person1996: 0.002 number per person1997: 0.002 number per person1998: 0.002 number per person1999: 0.002 number per person2000: 0.002 number per person2001: 0.002 number per person2003: 0.002 number per person2004: 0.002 number per person2005: 0.002 number per person2006: 0.002 number per person2007: 0.002 number per person2008: 0.002 number per person2010: 0.002 number per person2011: 0.002 number per person2012: 0.002 number per person2013: 0.002 number per person2014: 0.002 number per person2015: 0.002 number per person2017: 0.002 number per person2018: 0.003 number per person2019: 0.003 number per person

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in number per person.

Analysis

In 2019, teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita in Gambia stood at 0.0026 number per person. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita in Gambia peaked at 0.0026 number per person in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0007 number per person, in 1973.

That places Gambia 23rd out of 196 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.

Teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita in Gambia, year by year

Year number per person Change
1971 0.0008 number per person —
1972 0.0008 number per person +0.2%
1973 0.0007 number per person -6.1%
1977 0.001 number per person +39.2%
1978 0.0011 number per person +12.8%
1979 0.0012 number per person +5.1%
1980 0.0013 number per person +7.0%
1983 0.0022 number per person +69.0%
1984 0.0021 number per person -1.8%
1985 0.0022 number per person +1.1%
1986 0.0021 number per person -1.3%
1989 0.0018 number per person -17.6%
1992 0.0017 number per person -0.5%
1993 0.0018 number per person +6.2%
1994 0.0018 number per person -4.0%
1995 0.0018 number per person +3.6%
1996 0.0022 number per person +22.2%
1997 0.0023 number per person +4.0%
1998 0.0022 number per person -5.0%
1999 0.0022 number per person -0.6%
2000 0.0022 number per person -1.4%
2001 0.0021 number per person -2.0%
2003 0.0022 number per person +0.9%
2004 0.0022 number per person +3.1%
2005 0.0022 number per person +0.8%
2006 0.0021 number per person -8.1%
2007 0.0024 number per person +16.0%
2008 0.0024 number per person -1.3%
2010 0.0023 number per person -3.8%
2011 0.0022 number per person -3.5%
2012 0.0025 number per person +12.5%
2013 0.0024 number per person -3.4%
2014 0.0019 number per person -20.9%
2015 0.0024 number per person +26.5%
2017 0.0023 number per person -1.4%
2018 0.0026 number per person +11.2%
2019 0.0026 number per person +0.7%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita in Gambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1983 +69.0% 0.0013 number per person 0.0022 number per person
1977 +39.2% 0.0007 number per person 0.001 number per person

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.0009 number per person 0.0007 number per person 0.0012 number per person 6
1980s 0.0019 number per person 0.0013 number per person 0.0022 number per person 6
1990s 0.002 number per person 0.0017 number per person 0.0023 number per person 8
2000s 0.0022 number per person 0.0021 number per person 0.0024 number per person 8
2010s 0.0023 number per person 0.0019 number per person 0.0026 number per person 9

Countries ranked near Gambia

  1. 20 Vanuatu 0.0028 number per person compare
  2. 21 Senegal 0.0027 number per person compare
  3. 22 Guinea-Bissau 0.0027 number per person compare
  4. 24 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0026 number per person compare
  5. 25 Denmark 0.0025 number per person compare
  6. 26 Norway 0.0025 number per person compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita in Gambia?
Teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita in Gambia was 0.0026 number per person in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita recorded in Gambia?
The highest recorded value was 0.0026 number per person in 2019.
What is the lowest teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita recorded in Gambia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0007 number per person in 1973.
How does Gambia rank for teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita?
Gambia ranks 23rd out of 196 countries with data for 2019.
Is teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita rising or falling in Gambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Gambia data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Teachers in primary education, male (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Teachers in primary education, male (number) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Teachers in primary education, male (number), per capita
Unit
number per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
241 places, 7,382 data points, 1970–2020
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Teachers in primary education, male (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.