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Teachers in primary education, male (number) by country

Total number of male teachers in public and private 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
192
Highest
1.98 million number
India
Lowest
13 number
British Virgin Islands
Median
8,081 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,382

What the numbers show

Teachers in primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 1.98 million number in India; the lowest is 13 number in British Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 8,081 number, and the mean is 53,462 number.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 3,747.6%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 87.1%).

Teachers in primary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 1.98 million number 2019 down 12.5% rising
2 China 1.97 million number 2019 down 24.1% falling
3 Indonesia 584,215 number 2019 up 0.5% rising
4 Democratic Republic of Congo 388,366 number 2018 up 106.8% rising
5 Nigeria 297,374 number 2010 up 27.8% rising
6 United States 228,748 number 2017 — rising
7 Pakistan 228,603 number 2019 down 8.2% rising
8 Bangladesh 223,255 number 2018 up 4.9% rising
9 Egypt 200,093 number 2019 up 8.4% rising
10 Mexico 186,272 number 2018 up 5.7% rising
11 Ethiopia 162,990 number 2011 up 165.8% volatile
12 Japan 134,400 number 2005 down 28.3% falling
13 Kenya 132,622 number 2015 up 63.0% rising
14 Uganda 117,982 number 2017 up 27.6% rising
15 Turkey 113,080 number 2018 down 21.3% rising
16 Nepal 111,403 number 2019 up 26.4% rising
17 Saudi Arabia 110,287 number 2019 down 23.0% rising
18 Thailand 107,535 number 2019 down 22.8% falling
19 Tanzania 98,842 number 2019 up 23.5% rising
20 Ghana 96,150 number 2019 up 31.2% rising
21 Iran 93,318 number 2017 down 31.3% rising
22 Brazil 91,951 number 2018 up 33.2% rising
23 Iraq 89,470 number 2007 up 112.1% rising
24 Vietnam 87,225 number 2019 up 14.6% rising
25 Afghanistan 85,783 number 2018 up 6.2% volatile
26 Malaysia 71,427 number 2019 down 6.2% rising
27 Morocco 70,107 number 2019 down 1.9% rising
28 Peru 69,788 number 2019 up 6.9% rising
29 Cote d'Ivoire 65,839 number 2019 up 52.0% rising
30 Mozambique 65,625 number 2019 up 26.2% volatile
31 Philippines 62,683 number 2018 up 26.1% rising
32 Madagascar 59,537 number 2019 up 51.4% rising
33 Spain 53,750 number 2018 up 2.6% rising
34 South Africa 52,784 number 2015 down 7.4% falling
35 Angola 50,617 number 2016 down 2.8% rising
36 Poland 48,155 number 2018 up 24.3% falling
37 Malawi 45,877 number 2019 up 88.0% rising
38 Canada 45,037 number 2000 down 3.4% flat
39 Mali 44,735 number 2018 up 72.2% volatile
40 Senegal 43,978 number 2019 up 31.0% volatile
41 Cameroon 42,950 number 2019 up 9.2% rising
42 Myanmar 42,940 number 2018 up 48.0% falling
43 Burkina Faso 42,697 number 2019 up 64.4% volatile
44 Colombia 41,876 number 2017 up 5.8% rising
45 France 41,379 number 2018 up 7.9% falling
46 Guatemala 40,852 number 2019 up 23.6% volatile
47 Algeria 40,716 number 2019 down 41.6% falling
48 Benin 39,187 number 2019 up 25.9% volatile
49 Zambia 38,692 number 2017 up 47.7% rising
50 United Kingdom 38,398 number 2018 down 15.3% falling
51 South Korea 37,017 number 2018 up 6.2% falling
52 Argentina 36,324 number 2008 up 42.3% rising
53 Chad 36,299 number 2019 up 71.9% volatile
54 Syria 35,523 number 2002 down 4.4% rising
55 Togo 33,705 number 2019 up 37.3% volatile
56 Sierra Leone 33,454 number 2019 up 17.1% volatile
57 Zimbabwe 32,430 number 2013 up 7.3% rising
58 Niger 31,186 number 2019 up 42.7% volatile
59 Germany 31,000 number 2018 down 12.6% falling
60 Haiti 30,053 number 1998 up 198.3% volatile
61 Bolivia 27,167 number 2018 down 7.3% rising
62 Guinea 26,152 number 2016 up 23.4% volatile
63 Tunisia 25,660 number 2018 down 6.8% rising
64 Burundi 25,611 number 2019 up 60.4% volatile
65 Australia 23,978 number 1997 down 8.3% flat
66 Liberia 23,214 number 2017 up 52.6% rising
67 Cambodia 21,571 number 2019 down 15.7% rising
68 Libya 20,069 number 1983 up 48.1% rising
69 Greece 19,892 number 2018 down 7.6% rising
70 Rwanda 19,534 number 2019 up 28.2% rising
71 Venezuela 18,796 number 1987 up 100.2% rising
72 Papua New Guinea 18,156 number 2016 up 106.7% rising
73 Ecuador 17,976 number 2018 down 33.6% rising
74 Chile 16,882 number 2018 up 14.4% rising
75 Laos 16,693 number 2019 up 8.4% rising
76 Cuba 15,635 number 2019 down 23.3% falling
77 Jordan 15,510 number 2019 up 58.3% rising
78 Denmark 14,705 number 2018 — falling
79 Norway 13,463 number 2018 up 12.8% rising
80 Belgium 12,743 number 2018 down 1.3% falling
81 Netherlands 12,730 number 2018 down 24.9% falling
82 Sweden 12,552 number 2018 up 8.0% rising
83 Dominican Republic 12,235 number 2019 up 4.8% rising
84 Honduras 11,335 number 2019 up 14.0% rising
85 Italy 11,299 number 2018 down 12.9% volatile
86 Israel 11,079 number 2018 up 18.6% rising
87 Mauritania 10,737 number 2019 up 28.9% volatile
88 Somalia 10,731 number 2007 — volatile
89 Uzbekistan 10,341 number 2019 down 18.3% falling
90 Paraguay 9,999 number 2012 down 0.2% falling
91 Portugal 9,844 number 2018 down 27.4% flat
92 Sri Lanka 9,643 number 2018 down 7.7% falling
93 Costa Rica 9,062 number 2019 up 58.1% rising
94 Switzerland 8,645 number 2018 up 4.7% rising
95 Tajikistan 8,297 number 2017 down 26.5% falling
96 Oman 8,268 number 2019 — volatile
97 Central African Republic 7,894 number 2016 up 100.1% rising
98 Congo 7,684 number 2012 up 31.8% rising
99 Nicaragua 7,025 number 2010 up 69.6% rising
100 Hong Kong 6,680 number 2019 up 29.8% falling
101 El Salvador 6,491 number 2018 down 21.6% falling
102 Gambia 6,445 number 2019 up 50.5% volatile
103 Namibia 6,161 number 2018 up 42.9% rising
104 Gabon 6,111 number 2011 up 116.9% rising
105 Eritrea 5,505 number 2018 up 35.3% rising
106 Finland 5,485 number 2018 up 2.0% falling
107 Palestine 5,462 number 2019 up 15.5% rising
109 Romania 4,776 number 2018 down 37.7% falling
110 Kazakhstan 4,582 number 2019 up 378.3% volatile
111 East Timor 4,551 number 2019 up 1.8% rising
112 Lebanon 4,537 number 2019 down 3.4% rising
113 Panama 4,443 number 2017 up 1.7% rising
114 Guinea-Bissau 4,201 number 2010 up 54.7% rising
115 New Zealand 4,120 number 2018 up 10.0% falling
116 Botswana 3,735 number 2015 up 29.6% rising
117 Kuwait 3,578 number 2019 up 42.6% flat
118 Singapore 3,178 number 2018 up 14.3% falling
119 Georgia 3,159 number 2019 down 31.9% volatile
120 Comoros 3,122 number 2018 up 34.2% volatile
121 Azerbaijan 3,010 number 2019 down 47.1% falling
122 Lesotho 2,813 number 2017 up 13.8% rising
123 Austria 2,807 number 2017 down 10.1% falling
124 Eswatini 2,730 number 2018 up 28.9% rising
125 Qatar 2,677 number 2019 up 104.8% rising
126 Serbia 2,570 number 2019 down 9.1% falling
127 Russia 2,461 number 2018 down 43.7% falling
128 Bahrain 2,384 number 2019 up 23.3% rising
129 Solomon Islands 2,309 number 2018 down 11.8% volatile
130 Equatorial Guinea 2,236 number 2015 up 39.0% rising
131 United Arab Emirates 1,869 number 2016 down 32.7% rising
132 Puerto Rico 1,864 number 2018 down 61.2% falling
133 Bhutan 1,730 number 2020 down 27.7% rising
134 Ukraine 1,646 number 2019 up 57.7% volatile
135 Djibouti 1,603 number 2020 up 34.5% volatile
136 Trinidad and Tobago 1,582 number 2009 down 18.7% falling
137 Fiji 1,487 number 2012 down 16.9% falling
138 Albania 1,434 number 2019 down 32.1% falling
139 Slovakia 1,413 number 2018 down 2.0% rising
140 Bulgaria 1,297 number 2018 up 21.4% falling
141 Jamaica 1,257 number 2019 down 2.3% falling
142 Hungary 1,245 number 2016 down 23.1% volatile
143 Maldives 1,229 number 2019 up 31.7% falling
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,189 number 2019 down 21.8% falling
145 North Macedonia 1,168 number 2018 down 24.9% falling
147 Mauritius 1,118 number 2019 down 35.9% falling
148 Brunei 880 number 2019 down 2.5% flat
149 Cape Verde 879 number 2018 down 15.8% flat
150 Croatia 825 number 2018 down 16.2% falling
151 Latvia 818 number 2018 up 9.2% rising
152 Armenia 808 number 2019 up 3,747.6% volatile
153 Cyprus 768 number 2018 up 13.3% falling
154 Vanuatu 739 number 2015 down 18.1% rising
155 Estonia 733 number 2018 up 100.3% falling
156 Czechia 712 number 2012 down 87.1% volatile
157 French Polynesia 671 number 1996 down 2.3% rising
158 Belize 616 number 2019 down 4.3% flat
159 Iceland 553 number 2018 down 5.6% falling
160 Sao Tome and Principe 538 number 2017 up 21.7% rising
161 Mongolia 514 number 2018 up 42.4% falling
162 Uruguay 506 number 1997 down 84.0% volatile
163 Guyana 467 number 2012 down 23.9% falling
164 Macao 436 number 2019 up 123.6% rising
165 Barbados 328 number 2019 down 6.3% falling
166 Kyrgyzstan 296 number 2019 down 27.6% volatile
168 Lithuania 272 number 2018 down 2.9% volatile
169 Suriname 255 number 2019 down 19.3% volatile
170 Slovenia 233 number 2016 up 47.5% volatile
171 Samoa 232 number 2010 down 31.0% falling
172 Tonga 217 number 2015 down 30.4% falling
173 American Samoa 183 number 1992 up 12.3% rising
174 Saint Lucia 159 number 2019 up 26.2% falling
175 Grenada 149 number 2018 down 2.0% falling
176 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 147 number 2018 up 19.5% volatile
177 Moldova 143 number 2019 down 15.9% falling
178 Kiribati 121 number 2016 down 6.9% falling
179 Belarus 115 number 2018 down 33.1% falling
180 Bahamas 106 number 2018 down 64.7% volatile
181 Seychelles 95 number 2019 up 1.1% rising
182 Aruba 93 number 2012 down 11.4% falling
183 Andorra 84 number 2019 down 9.7% falling
184 Antigua and Barbuda 64 number 2018 up 45.5% volatile
185 Dominica 61 number 2019 down 12.9% falling
187 Bermuda 49 number 2016 down 18.3% rising
188 Monaco 38 number 2020 up 58.3% rising
189 Gibraltar 33 number 2019 down 26.7% rising
190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 31 number 2016 down 39.2% falling
191 Cayman Islands 28 number 2018 down 26.3% rising
192 Tuvalu 22 number 2019 — flat
193 San Marino 21 number 2019 down 8.7% rising
193 Turks and Caicos Islands 21 number 2018 up 40.0% rising
195 Nauru 17 number 2019 up 325.0% volatile
196 British Virgin Islands 13 number 2018 down 38.1% rising

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in primary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 7,382 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of male teachers in public and private 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/