Teachers in secondary education, male in India

India: Teachers in secondary education, male was 3.29 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
3.29 million number
Change on year
up 24.3%
World rank
1st
of 190 countries
All-time high
3.29 million number
in 2019
All-time low
742,165 number
in 1971
Years of data
17
1971–2019

Teachers in secondary education, male in India, 1971–2019

1.0M2.0M3.0M1971199520191971: 742.2k number1972: 777.1k number1973: 818.4k number1975: 846.8k number1999: 1.3M number2000: 1.4M number2001: 1.4M number2002: 1.6M number2003: 1.6M number2004: 1.7M number2011: 2.6M number2013: 2.1M number2014: 2.3M number2015: 2.3M number2016: 2.6M number2017: 2.7M number2019: 3.3M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

India recorded 3.29 million number for teachers in secondary education, male in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.3% on the previous year and up 27.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in secondary education, male in India peaked at 3.29 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 742,165 number, in 1971.

India ranks 1st of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 796,106 number 742,165 number 846,783 number 4
1990s 1.31 million number 1.31 million number 1.31 million number 1
2000s 1.54 million number 1.39 million number 1.71 million number 5
2010s 2.56 million number 2.13 million number 3.29 million number 7

Countries ranked near India

  1. 2 China 2.87 million number compare
  2. 3 Indonesia 714,485 number compare
  3. 4 United States 633,125 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in secondary education, male in India?
Teachers in secondary education, male in India was 3.29 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 3.29 million number in 2019.
What is the lowest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 742,165 number in 1971.
How does India rank for teachers in secondary education, male?
India ranks 1st out of 190 countries with data for 2019.
Is teachers in secondary education, male rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this India 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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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
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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/