Teachers in primary education, male in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Teachers in primary education, male was 223,255 number in 2018. β–² Rising

Latest (2018)
223,255 number
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
8th
of 196 countries
All-time high
223,255 number
in 2018
All-time low
114,734 number
in 1971
Years of data
30
1971–2018

Teachers in primary education, male in Bangladesh, 1971–2018

050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k1971199420181971: 114.7k number1972: 133.3k number1973: 151.8k number1974: 144.4k number1975: 156.3k number1976: 163.7k number1977: 163.5k number1978: 171.7k number1979: 173.0k number1980: 141.7k number1981: 138.5k number1983: 157.6k number1984: 175.0k number1985: 174.7k number1986: 175.0k number1987: 175.9k number1988: 157.8k number1989: 153.1k number1990: 152.8k number2005: 216.6k number2006: 214.5k number2007: 217.1k number2008: 212.9k number2009: 204.4k number2010: 200.7k number2011: 212.1k number2015: 213.5k number2016: 217.8k number2017: 222.1k number2018: 223.3k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Bangladesh recorded 223,255 number for teachers in primary education, male in 2018. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, male in Bangladesh peaked at 223,255 number in 2018 and was at its lowest, 114,734 number, in 1971.

Bangladesh ranks 8th of 196 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 152,495 number 114,734 number 172,989 number 9
1980s 161,054 number 138,487 number 175,939 number 9
1990s 152,781 number 152,781 number 152,781 number 1
2000s 213,095 number 204,379 number 217,104 number 5
2010s 214,919 number 200,743 number 223,255 number 6

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 5 Nigeria 297,374 number compare
  2. 6 United States 228,748 number compare
  3. 7 Pakistan 228,603 number compare
  4. 9 Egypt 200,093 number compare
  5. 10 Mexico 186,272 number compare
  6. 11 Ethiopia 162,990 number compare

See the full ranking of 241 places β†’

More reference data data for Bangladesh

All data for Bangladesh β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in primary education, male in Bangladesh?
Teachers in primary education, male in Bangladesh was 223,255 number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in primary education, male recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 223,255 number in 2018.
What is the lowest teachers in primary education, male recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 114,734 number in 1971.
How does Bangladesh rank for teachers in primary education, male?
Bangladesh ranks 8th out of 196 countries with data for 2018.
Is teachers in primary education, male rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in primary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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/