Teachers in primary education, male in Maldives
Maldives: Teachers in primary education, male was 1,229 number in 2019. ▼ Falling
Teachers in primary education, male in Maldives, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for teachers in primary education, male in Maldives is 1,229 number, measured in 2019.
The figure is down 8.3% on the previous year and up 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, male in Maldives peaked at 1,340 number in 2018 and was at its lowest, 836 number, in 2014.
Maldives ranks 143rd of 196 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, male in Maldives, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1,170 number | — |
| 1999 | 1,231 number | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 1,287 number | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 1,237 number | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 1,274 number | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 1,327 number | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 956 number | -28.0% |
| 2005 | 973 number | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 1,001 number | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 1,001 number | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 996 number | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 933 number | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 961 number | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 916 number | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 935 number | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 1,017 number | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 836 number | -17.8% |
| 2015 | 1,168 number | +39.7% |
| 2016 | 1,124 number | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 1,326 number | +18.0% |
| 2018 | 1,340 number | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,229 number | -8.3% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 1,229 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,158 number, 30% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 1,229 number is below the median for South Asia, which is 60,523 number, 2% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Teachers in primary education, male in Maldives 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +39.7% | 836 number | 1,168 number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,200 number | 1,170 number | 1,231 number | 2 |
| 2000s | 1,098 number | 933 number | 1,327 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,085 number | 836 number | 1,340 number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 140 Bulgaria 1,297 number compare
- 141 Jamaica 1,257 number compare
- 142 Hungary 1,245 number compare
- 144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,189 number compare
- 145 North Macedonia 1,168 number compare
- 146 Luxembourg 1,138 number compare
More reference data data for Maldives
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0004 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, male in Maldives?
- Teachers in primary education, male in Maldives was 1,229 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, male recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1,340 number in 2018.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, male recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 836 number in 2014.
- How does Maldives rank for teachers in primary education, male?
- Maldives ranks 143rd out of 196 countries with data for 2019.
- Is teachers in primary education, male rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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
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/