Teachers in primary education, male in Colombia

Colombia: Teachers in primary education, male was 41,876 number in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
41,876 number
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
44th
of 196 countries
All-time high
50,709 number
in 1998
All-time low
19,635 number
in 1970
Years of data
27
1970–2017

Teachers in primary education, male in Colombia, 1970–2017

020.0k40.0k60.0k1970199320171970: 19.6k number1971: 20.6k number1980: 28.6k number1981: 28.9k number1985: 27.9k number1986: 28.5k number1992: 32.9k number1996: 44.1k number1998: 50.7k number1999: 49.4k number2000: 44.9k number2001: 45.3k number2002: 44.7k number2004: 44.2k number2005: 43.9k number2006: 44.2k number2007: 39.6k number2008: 39.7k number2009: 40.2k number2010: 39.9k number2011: 38.1k number2012: 43.3k number2013: 42.6k number2014: 42.1k number2015: 42.0k number2016: 41.6k number2017: 41.9k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for teachers in primary education, male in Colombia is 41,876 number, measured in 2017.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, male in Colombia peaked at 50,709 number in 1998 and was at its lowest, 19,635 number, in 1970.

Colombia ranks 44th of 196 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 20,142 number 19,635 number 20,649 number 2
1980s 28,503 number 27,926 number 28,906 number 4
1990s 44,286 number 32,879 number 50,709 number 4
2000s 42,969 number 39,589 number 45,334 number 9
2010s 41,413 number 38,064 number 43,269 number 8

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 41 Cameroon 42,950 number compare
  2. 42 Myanmar 42,940 number compare
  3. 43 Burkina Faso 42,697 number compare
  4. 45 France 41,379 number compare
  5. 46 Guatemala 40,852 number compare
  6. 47 Algeria 40,716 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in primary education, male in Colombia?
Teachers in primary education, male in Colombia was 41,876 number in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in primary education, male recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 50,709 number in 1998.
What is the lowest teachers in primary education, male recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 19,635 number in 1970.
How does Colombia rank for teachers in primary education, male?
Colombia ranks 44th out of 196 countries with data for 2017.
Is teachers in primary education, male rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Colombia 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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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/