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Teachers in secondary education, male (number) by country

Total number of male teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). 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....

Countries reporting
189
Highest
3.29 million number
India
Lowest
6 number
Nauru
Median
16,495 number
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
5,697

What the numbers show

Teachers in secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 3.29 million number in India; the lowest is 6 number in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 16,495 number, and the mean is 84,260 number.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 672.3%), and the largest decrease in Gibraltar (down 46.4%).

Teachers in secondary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 3.29 million number 2019 up 27.4% rising
2 China 2.87 million number 2019 down 14.6% rising
3 Indonesia 714,485 number 2018 down 11.6% rising
4 United States 633,125 number 2017 — flat
5 Brazil 508,674 number 2018 up 16.4% rising
6 Japan 472,930 number 1995 up 8.2% rising
7 Mexico 411,077 number 2018 up 24.0% rising
8 Turkey 318,806 number 2018 up 39.5% volatile
9 Bangladesh 318,357 number 2019 up 2.7% rising
10 Egypt 307,767 number 2019 up 0.9% volatile
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 283,929 number 2015 up 68.1% volatile
12 Pakistan 258,785 number 2018 — volatile
13 Germany 215,117 number 2018 down 15.1% falling
14 Nigeria 203,509 number 2010 up 145.2% rising
15 Russia 187,425 number 2012 down 25.3% falling
16 France 182,633 number 2018 down 7.5% rising
17 Uzbekistan 145,454 number 2019 up 7.7% rising
18 Italy 144,389 number 2018 down 1.8% falling
19 United Kingdom 143,105 number 2018 up 1.0% falling
20 Ghana 140,336 number 2019 up 82.1% volatile
21 Iran 139,045 number 2017 — rising
22 Spain 123,992 number 2018 down 3.2% flat
23 Philippines 123,597 number 2018 up 187.0% volatile
24 Peru 115,491 number 2019 up 28.1% rising
25 Kenya 114,932 number 2015 up 107.1% rising
26 Saudi Arabia 111,434 number 2019 down 12.3% rising
27 Argentina 102,626 number 2008 up 28.5% rising
28 Morocco 97,598 number 2019 — rising
29 Nepal 92,767 number 2019 up 81.7% volatile
30 Ethiopia 92,503 number 2012 — volatile
31 South Korea 90,787 number 2018 down 10.8% rising
32 Colombia 89,996 number 2017 down 2.8% rising
33 Algeria 83,271 number 1997 up 42.4% rising
34 Benin 81,348 number 2016 up 672.3% volatile
35 South Africa 76,420 number 2018 down 9.7% rising
36 Malaysia 75,039 number 2019 up 22.1% rising
37 Cameroon 74,718 number 2016 up 109.3% volatile
38 Tanzania 70,631 number 2019 up 28.0% volatile
39 Poland 69,887 number 2018 down 17.2% falling
40 Thailand 69,419 number 2019 down 30.4% rising
41 Iraq 67,221 number 2007 up 144.0% volatile
42 Cote d'Ivoire 64,544 number 2019 up 18.8% rising
43 Kazakhstan 61,767 number 2019 — rising
44 Afghanistan 59,310 number 2018 up 149.6% volatile
45 Guatemala 58,915 number 2019 up 73.2% volatile
46 Ukraine 56,608 number 2019 — falling
47 Angola 53,894 number 2016 up 253.0% volatile
48 Netherlands 52,884 number 2018 down 9.3% falling
49 Australia 51,400 number 1992 up 8.5% rising
50 Mali 50,459 number 2017 up 116.2% volatile
51 Burkina Faso 49,913 number 2019 up 225.6% volatile
52 Uganda 48,820 number 2014 up 57.7% rising
53 Belgium 48,599 number 2018 up 1.3% rising
54 Madagascar 46,793 number 2018 up 94.2% rising
55 Sri Lanka 45,363 number 2018 — rising
56 Canada 43,717 number 1996 down 38.5% falling
57 Senegal 40,706 number 2015 up 247.2% volatile
58 Tunisia 40,407 number 2018 up 2.2% rising
59 Ecuador 38,425 number 2018 down 1.8% rising
60 Tajikistan 36,551 number 2011 up 29.6% rising
61 Romania 34,363 number 2018 down 30.8% falling
62 Chile 33,782 number 2018 up 33.2% rising
63 Bolivia 32,021 number 2018 up 14.0% rising
64 Syria 31,755 number 2002 up 0.6% rising
65 Switzerland 31,098 number 2018 down 7.2% rising
66 Greece 30,534 number 2018 down 16.9% rising
67 Sweden 30,257 number 2018 down 6.0% falling
68 Cuba 27,870 number 2019 down 27.8% falling
69 Austria 25,377 number 2017 down 7.0% falling
70 Jordan 25,080 number 2019 down 6.8% volatile
71 Portugal 24,429 number 2018 down 17.5% rising
72 Hungary 23,992 number 2016 down 12.9% falling
73 Czechia 23,773 number 2012 down 22.3% falling
74 Denmark 23,489 number 2018 — falling
75 Zimbabwe 23,115 number 2013 up 13.1% volatile
76 Mozambique 22,855 number 2017 up 126.7% volatile
77 Serbia 22,797 number 2019 up 4.6% rising
78 Niger 22,679 number 2018 up 268.5% volatile
79 Libya 22,190 number 1983 up 282.7% rising
80 Myanmar 21,261 number 2018 up 62.1% falling
81 Chad 21,106 number 2019 up 71.1% volatile
82 Rwanda 21,023 number 2017 up 133.2% volatile
83 Palestine 20,677 number 2019 up 31.1% rising
84 Cambodia 20,664 number 2007 up 55.0% rising
85 Dominican Republic 20,120 number 2019 up 79.2% rising
86 Venezuela 19,909 number 1975 — rising
87 Kuwait 19,831 number 2019 up 62.9% rising
88 Israel 19,532 number 2009 up 6.4% rising
89 Burundi 19,108 number 2019 up 115.3% volatile
90 Norway 19,022 number 2018 — falling
91 Honduras 19,012 number 2019 up 151.7% volatile
92 Sierra Leone 18,923 number 2016 up 346.1% volatile
93 Laos 18,822 number 2019 up 87.1% volatile
94 Guinea 18,270 number 2011 up 79.3% volatile
95 Congo 16,495 number 2012 — volatile
96 Liberia 16,420 number 2017 — volatile
97 Lebanon 16,109 number 2016 down 15.8% falling
98 Costa Rica 16,002 number 2019 up 53.2% rising
99 Croatia 15,592 number 2018 up 15.4% rising
100 Belarus 15,103 number 2018 down 9.1% falling
101 United Arab Emirates 14,824 number 2016 — volatile
102 Hong Kong 13,734 number 2019 up 4.3% rising
103 Kyrgyzstan 13,608 number 2019 up 53.8% falling
104 New Zealand 13,083 number 2018 down 4.2% rising
105 Paraguay 12,959 number 2012 down 23.9% rising
106 Oman 12,940 number 2019 — volatile
107 Finland 12,811 number 2018 down 18.0% falling
108 Ireland 12,378 number 1997 up 17.6% rising
109 Malawi 11,054 number 2019 down 5.4% rising
110 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,274 number 2019 down 7.1% falling
111 Togo 10,265 number 2004 up 139.1% volatile
112 Slovakia 10,172 number 2018 down 16.3% falling
113 Panama 9,695 number 2017 up 38.5% rising
114 Papua New Guinea 9,160 number 2016 — volatile
115 El Salvador 8,575 number 2018 down 12.9% rising
116 Bulgaria 8,373 number 2018 down 24.5% falling
117 Mauritania 8,018 number 2019 up 138.9% volatile
118 Georgia 7,970 number 2019 up 22.5% volatile
119 Albania 7,858 number 2019 down 15.3% falling
120 North Macedonia 7,508 number 2018 up 5.4% rising
121 Comoros 7,388 number 2018 up 172.8% volatile
122 Nicaragua 6,717 number 2010 up 48.2% rising
123 Gambia 6,430 number 2019 up 80.7% volatile
124 Botswana 6,413 number 2007 up 31.4% volatile
125 Mongolia 5,713 number 2018 up 31.8% rising
126 Eritrea 5,657 number 2018 up 24.8% rising
127 Lithuania 5,513 number 2018 down 27.6% falling
128 Namibia 5,251 number 2017 up 77.4% rising
129 Singapore 5,154 number 2018 up 15.4% rising
130 Moldova 4,440 number 2019 down 34.6% falling
131 Qatar 4,343 number 2019 up 37.8% volatile
132 Bhutan 4,063 number 2018 up 177.0% volatile
133 Bahrain 4,010 number 2019 up 15.0% volatile
134 Slovenia 3,989 number 2016 down 15.3% falling
135 Somalia 3,895 number 2007 — volatile
136 Mauritius 3,754 number 2019 up 8.0% rising
137 East Timor 3,753 number 2019 up 19.4% rising
138 Jamaica 3,619 number 2019 down 25.7% rising
139 Eswatini 3,518 number 2016 up 67.5% rising
140 Puerto Rico 3,265 number 2018 down 42.1% falling
141 Armenia 3,003 number 2019 — volatile
142 Gabon 2,577 number 1999 up 39.8% rising
143 Luxembourg 2,506 number 2018 up 27.8% rising
144 Latvia 2,438 number 2018 down 29.9% falling
145 Lesotho 2,399 number 2017 up 33.7% rising
146 Central African Republic 2,317 number 2017 up 125.8% volatile
147 Cyprus 2,270 number 2018 down 3.4% rising
148 Fiji 2,143 number 2012 down 14.8% falling
149 Estonia 2,047 number 2018 down 18.7% falling
150 Cape Verde 1,833 number 2018 down 10.4% rising
152 Maldives 1,647 number 2019 — volatile
153 Guinea-Bissau 1,611 number 2000 up 142.6% volatile
154 Brunei 1,609 number 2019 down 5.0% rising
155 Malta 1,566 number 2017 up 10.1% flat
156 Solomon Islands 1,484 number 2015 up 64.9% volatile
157 Guyana 1,232 number 2012 down 11.7% falling
158 Equatorial Guinea 1,215 number 2005 up 133.2% volatile
159 New Caledonia 1,135 number 1997 up 28.2% volatile
160 Suriname 1,131 number 2014 down 9.1% rising
161 Macao 1,107 number 2019 up 18.5% rising
162 Belize 888 number 2019 up 16.4% rising
163 French Polynesia 862 number 1993 up 50.2% rising
164 Vanuatu 584 number 2015 up 52.1% volatile
165 Bahamas 565 number 2018 down 29.7% rising
166 Tonga 459 number 2015 up 2.2% rising
167 Samoa 430 number 2001 up 9.7% rising
168 Barbados 393 number 2019 down 33.3% falling
169 Kiribati 347 number 2008 up 118.2% volatile
170 United States Virgin Islands 314 number 1997 down 2.5% rising
171 Saint Lucia 313 number 2019 down 2.2% rising
172 Seychelles 308 number 2019 up 31.6% rising
173 Guam 265 number 1980 down 21.1% falling
174 Grenada 250 number 2018 up 1.6% rising
175 Antigua and Barbuda 227 number 2018 up 6.6% rising
176 Aruba 226 number 2012 down 1.7% rising
177 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 225 number 2018 up 1.4% rising
178 Bermuda 219 number 2016 down 9.9% rising
179 Andorra 184 number 2019 down 6.1% flat
180 Monaco 168 number 2017 up 2.4% rising
181 American Samoa 163 number 1992 up 48.2% rising
182 Saint Kitts and Nevis 161 number 2016 up 1.9% rising
183 Liechtenstein 139 number 2018 down 16.3% falling
184 Dominica 131 number 2019 down 8.4% rising
185 Cayman Islands 102 number 2018 down 26.6% rising
186 British Virgin Islands 82 number 2018 up 41.4% rising
187 Gibraltar 81 number 2019 down 46.4% rising
188 Turks and Caicos Islands 79 number 2018 — volatile
189 San Marino 78 number 2019 up 116.7% rising
190 Nauru 6 number 2019 down 14.3% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in secondary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 5,697 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of male teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). 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/