Teachers in secondary education, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Teachers in secondary education, male was 1.63 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Teachers in secondary education, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, teachers in secondary education, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) stood at 1.63 million number. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in secondary education, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 1.63 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 373,691 number, in 1970.
That places Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 28th out of 45 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 secondary education, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 373,691 number | — |
| 1971 | 394,061 number | +5.5% |
| 1972 | 437,542 number | +11.0% |
| 1973 | 466,227 number | +6.6% |
| 1974 | 537,269 number | +15.2% |
| 1975 | 560,077 number | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 608,281 number | +8.6% |
| 1977 | 647,377 number | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 658,640 number | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 963,348 number | +46.3% |
| 1980 | 966,342 number | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 974,796 number | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 988,644 number | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 996,027 number | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 1.01 million number | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 760,624 number | -24.5% |
| 1986 | 1.03 million number | +35.6% |
| 1987 | 1.04 million number | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 1.04 million number | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1.04 million number | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.04 million number | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 1.04 million number | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1.05 million number | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 1.04 million number | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 1.06 million number | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 1.06 million number | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 1.08 million number | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 1.07 million number | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 1.11 million number | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 1.10 million number | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 1.11 million number | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.12 million number | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 1.10 million number | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 1.10 million number | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1.15 million number | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 1.16 million number | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 1.23 million number | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 1.29 million number | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 1.35 million number | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 1.37 million number | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 1.41 million number | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 1.45 million number | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 1.47 million number | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 1.51 million number | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 1.58 million number | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 1.59 million number | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1.61 million number | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.61 million number | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.62 million number | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.63 million number | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 564,651 number | 373,691 number | 963,348 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 984,865 number | 760,624 number | 1.04 million number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.06 million number | 1.04 million number | 1.11 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.20 million number | 1.10 million number | 1.37 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.55 million number | 1.41 million number | 1.63 million number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
More reference data data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.24 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 5.02 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 10.27 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.21 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.12 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.5% (2019)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.08 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.23 GPIA (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, male 667,681 number (2019)
All data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in secondary education, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Teachers in secondary education, male in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) was 1.63 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.63 million number in 2019.
- What is the lowest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 373,691 number in 1970.
- How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for teachers in secondary education, male?
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 28th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is teachers in secondary education, male rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 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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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/