Teachers in secondary education, male in Lower middle income

Lower middle income: Teachers in secondary education, male was 6.20 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
6.20 million number
Change on year
up 12.1%
Rank
7th
of 43 groups
All-time high
6.20 million number
in 2019
All-time low
1.26 million number
in 1970
Years of data
50
1970–2019

Teachers in secondary education, male in Lower middle income, 1970–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, teachers in secondary education, male in Lower middle income stood at 6.20 million number. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.

The figure is up 12.1% on the previous year and up 34.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in secondary education, male in Lower middle income peaked at 6.20 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.26 million number, in 1970.

Lower middle income ranks 7th of 43 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.

Teachers in secondary education, male in Lower middle income, year by year

Annual values for Teachers in secondary education, male (number) in Lower middle income, 1970 to 2019.
Year number Change
1970 1.26 million number
1971 1.29 million number +2.6%
1972 1.34 million number +4.1%
1973 1.40 million number +4.5%
1974 1.43 million number +2.1%
1975 1.47 million number +2.5%
1976 1.51 million number +2.4%
1977 1.54 million number +2.3%
1978 1.59 million number +3.4%
1979 1.65 million number +4.0%
1980 1.72 million number +3.8%
1981 1.77 million number +3.1%
1982 1.87 million number +5.7%
1983 1.99 million number +6.1%
1984 2.08 million number +4.8%
1985 2.14 million number +2.7%
1986 2.22 million number +3.8%
1987 2.27 million number +2.5%
1988 2.35 million number +3.1%
1989 2.36 million number +0.7%
1990 2.48 million number +5.0%
1991 2.62 million number +5.5%
1992 2.72 million number +4.0%
1993 2.81 million number +3.3%
1994 2.86 million number +1.7%
1995 2.88 million number +0.8%
1996 2.92 million number +1.4%
1997 2.99 million number +2.3%
1998 2.99 million number -0.0%
1999 2.97 million number -0.7%
2000 3.08 million number +3.7%
2001 3.16 million number +2.7%
2002 3.35 million number +5.9%
2003 3.50 million number +4.4%
2004 3.60 million number +2.8%
2005 3.85 million number +7.1%
2006 3.94 million number +2.2%
2007 4.17 million number +5.8%
2008 4.45 million number +6.9%
2009 4.62 million number +3.8%
2010 4.81 million number +4.1%
2011 5.04 million number +4.7%
2012 5.18 million number +2.8%
2013 4.78 million number -7.8%
2014 5.00 million number +4.7%
2015 5.10 million number +1.9%
2016 5.40 million number +6.0%
2017 5.49 million number +1.6%
2018 5.53 million number +0.8%
2019 6.20 million number +12.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.45 million number 1.26 million number 1.65 million number 10
1980s 2.08 million number 1.72 million number 2.36 million number 10
1990s 2.83 million number 2.48 million number 2.99 million number 10
2000s 3.77 million number 3.08 million number 4.62 million number 10
2010s 5.25 million number 4.78 million number 6.20 million number 10

Countries ranked near Lower middle income

  1. 4 United States of America 633,125 number compare
  2. 5 Brazil 508,674 number compare
  3. 6 Japan 472,930 number compare
  4. 7 Mexico 411,077 number compare
  5. 8 Türkiye 318,806 number compare
  6. 9 Bangladesh 318,357 number compare
  7. 10 Egypt 307,767 number compare

See the full ranking of 235 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in secondary education, male in Lower middle income?
Teachers in secondary education, male in Lower middle income was 6.20 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in Lower middle income?
The highest recorded value was 6.20 million number in 2019.
What is the lowest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in Lower middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 1.26 million number in 1970.
How does Lower middle income rank for teachers in secondary education, male?
Lower middle income ranks 7th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is teachers in secondary education, male rising or falling in Lower middle income?
Over the last ten years it is up 34.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Lower middle income 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/