Teachers in secondary education, male in Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Teachers in secondary education, male was 13,734 number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
13,734 number
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
102nd
of 190 countries
All-time high
13,965 number
in 2012
All-time low
6,743 number
in 1971
Years of data
39
1971–2019

Teachers in secondary education, male in Hong Kong, 1971–2019

05.0k10.0k15.0k1971199520191971: 6.7k number1972: 7.0k number1973: 7.4k number1974: 7.5k number1975: 8.3k number1976: 9.0k number1977: 7.1k number1978: 7.5k number1979: 7.9k number1980: 8.0k number1981: 8.2k number1982: 8.2k number1983: 8.7k number1984: 9.0k number1985: 9.5k number1987: 10.0k number1988: 10.3k number1996: 11.7k number1999: 11.6k number2000: 11.8k number2001: 12.1k number2002: 12.2k number2003: 12.0k number2004: 12.2k number2005: 12.1k number2006: 12.3k number2007: 12.8k number2008: 13.0k number2009: 13.2k number2010: 13.1k number2011: 13.2k number2012: 14.0k number2013: 13.2k number2014: 13.1k number2015: 13.0k number2016: 12.8k number2017: 13.6k number2018: 13.6k number2019: 13.7k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Hong Kong recorded 13,734 number for teachers in secondary education, male in 2019.

That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in secondary education, male in Hong Kong peaked at 13,965 number in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6,743 number, in 1971.

That places Hong Kong 102nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.

Teachers in secondary education, male in Hong Kong, year by year

Annual values for Teachers in secondary education, male (number) in Hong Kong, 1971 to 2019.
Year number Change
1971 6,743 number
1972 7,041 number +4.4%
1973 7,403 number +5.1%
1974 7,524 number +1.6%
1975 8,316 number +10.5%
1976 8,951 number +7.6%
1977 7,127 number -20.4%
1978 7,453 number +4.6%
1979 7,900 number +6.0%
1980 8,031 number +1.7%
1981 8,202 number +2.1%
1982 8,233 number +0.4%
1983 8,707 number +5.8%
1984 8,971 number +3.0%
1985 9,522 number +6.1%
1987 10,015 number +5.2%
1988 10,340 number +3.2%
1996 11,684 number +13.0%
1999 11,643 number -0.4%
2000 11,790 number +1.3%
2001 12,059 number +2.3%
2002 12,156 number +0.8%
2003 11,980 number -1.4%
2004 12,154 number +1.5%
2005 12,149 number -0.0%
2006 12,335 number +1.5%
2007 12,829 number +4.0%
2008 13,011 number +1.4%
2009 13,165 number +1.2%
2010 13,127 number -0.3%
2011 13,220 number +0.7%
2012 13,965 number +5.6%
2013 13,169 number -5.7%
2014 13,054 number -0.9%
2015 12,952 number -0.8%
2016 12,801 number -1.2%
2017 13,576 number +6.1%
2018 13,618 number +0.3%
2019 13,734 number +0.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 7,606 number 6,743 number 8,951 number 9
1980s 9,003 number 8,031 number 10,340 number 8
1990s 11,664 number 11,643 number 11,684 number 2
2000s 12,363 number 11,790 number 13,165 number 10
2010s 13,322 number 12,801 number 13,965 number 10

Countries ranked near Hong Kong

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  3. 101 United Arab Emirates 14,824 number compare
  4. 103 Kyrgyzstan 13,608 number compare
  5. 104 New Zealand 13,083 number compare
  6. 105 Paraguay 12,959 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in secondary education, male in Hong Kong?
Teachers in secondary education, male in Hong Kong was 13,734 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in Hong Kong?
The highest recorded value was 13,965 number in 2012.
What is the lowest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in Hong Kong?
The lowest recorded value was 6,743 number in 1971.
How does Hong Kong rank for teachers in secondary education, male?
Hong Kong ranks 102nd out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is teachers in secondary education, male rising or falling in Hong Kong?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Hong Kong data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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/