Teachers in primary education, male in Malawi

Malawi: Teachers in primary education, male was 45,877 number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
45,877 number
Change on year
up 8.3%
World rank
37th
of 196 countries
All-time high
45,877 number
in 2019
All-time low
23,444 number
in 2007
Years of data
12
1999–2019

Teachers in primary education, male in Malawi, 1999–2019

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k50.0k1999200920191999: 24.5k number2007: 23.4k number2008: 25.1k number2009: 24.4k number2010: 25.8k number2011: 28.0k number2012: 29.8k number2013: 34.3k number2014: 32.7k number2015: 35.1k number2018: 42.4k number2019: 45.9k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Malawi recorded 45,877 number for teachers in primary education, male in 2019. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.

The figure is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 88.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, male in Malawi peaked at 45,877 number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 23,444 number, in 2007.

Malawi ranks 37th of 196 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 24,500 number 24,500 number 24,500 number 1
2000s 24,328 number 23,444 number 25,140 number 3
2010s 34,254 number 25,848 number 45,877 number 8

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  4. 38 Canada 45,037 number compare
  5. 39 Mali 44,735 number compare
  6. 40 Senegal 43,978 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in primary education, male in Malawi?
Teachers in primary education, male in Malawi was 45,877 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in primary education, male recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 45,877 number in 2019.
What is the lowest teachers in primary education, male recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 23,444 number in 2007.
How does Malawi rank for teachers in primary education, male?
Malawi ranks 37th out of 196 countries with data for 2019.
Is teachers in primary education, male rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 88.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi 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/