Teachers in primary education, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Teachers in primary education, male was 2.57 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, teachers in primary education, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) stood at 2.57 million number. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 2.57 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 482,224 number, in 1970.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 17th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 482,224 number | — |
| 1971 | 503,731 number | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 524,376 number | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 547,389 number | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 582,800 number | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 606,730 number | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 631,141 number | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 677,082 number | +7.3% |
| 1978 | 758,938 number | +12.1% |
| 1979 | 824,244 number | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 855,548 number | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 900,326 number | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 953,417 number | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 978,232 number | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 987,466 number | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 971,044 number | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 967,871 number | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 976,142 number | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 991,780 number | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 1.04 million number | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 1.04 million number | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 1.08 million number | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 1.10 million number | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 1.13 million number | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 1.11 million number | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 1.11 million number | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 1.11 million number | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.13 million number | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 1.17 million number | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 1.19 million number | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 1.22 million number | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 1.28 million number | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 1.30 million number | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 1.41 million number | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 1.44 million number | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 1.51 million number | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 1.55 million number | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 1.60 million number | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 1.68 million number | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 1.77 million number | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 1.86 million number | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 1.97 million number | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 1.97 million number | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 2.16 million number | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 2.25 million number | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 2.28 million number | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 2.35 million number | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 2.44 million number | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 2.53 million number | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 2.57 million number | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 613,866 number | 482,224 number | 824,244 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 962,125 number | 855,548 number | 1.04 million number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.12 million number | 1.04 million number | 1.19 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.48 million number | 1.22 million number | 1.77 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.24 million number | 1.86 million number | 2.57 million number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More reference data data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 32.02 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.80 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.21 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.33 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.02 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2018)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.7795 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7648 GPIA (2018)
- Gross enrolment ratio, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9955 GPIA (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Teachers in primary education, male in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 2.57 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, male recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.57 million number in 2019.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, male recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 482,224 number in 1970.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for teachers in primary education, male?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 17th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is teachers in primary education, male rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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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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/