Teachers in secondary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Teachers in secondary education, male was 1.02 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.02 million number
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
35th
of 45 groups
All-time high
1.08 million number
in 2012
All-time low
136,141 number
in 1970
Years of data
50
1970–2019

Teachers in secondary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970–2019

200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k1.0M197019942019

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 1.02 million number for teachers in secondary education, male in 2019.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in secondary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 1.08 million number in 2012 and was at its lowest, 136,141 number, in 1970.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 35th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Teachers in secondary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year

Annual values for Teachers in secondary education, male (number) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1970 to 2019.
Year number Change
1970 136,141 number
1971 139,751 number +2.7%
1972 152,571 number +9.2%
1973 167,165 number +9.6%
1974 174,725 number +4.5%
1975 190,701 number +9.1%
1976 216,790 number +13.7%
1977 233,949 number +7.9%
1978 269,460 number +15.2%
1979 298,392 number +10.7%
1980 328,172 number +10.0%
1981 352,454 number +7.4%
1982 375,594 number +6.6%
1983 428,295 number +14.0%
1984 443,884 number +3.6%
1985 475,023 number +7.0%
1986 505,145 number +6.3%
1987 531,891 number +5.3%
1988 555,918 number +4.5%
1989 556,680 number +0.1%
1990 578,111 number +3.8%
1991 610,430 number +5.6%
1992 613,280 number +0.5%
1993 639,384 number +4.3%
1994 664,476 number +3.9%
1995 685,913 number +3.2%
1996 724,422 number +5.6%
1997 770,406 number +6.3%
1998 790,886 number +2.7%
1999 808,237 number +2.2%
2000 845,772 number +4.6%
2001 869,948 number +2.9%
2002 879,613 number +1.1%
2003 915,317 number +4.1%
2004 930,196 number +1.6%
2005 943,532 number +1.4%
2006 963,281 number +2.1%
2007 984,834 number +2.2%
2008 1.01 million number +2.2%
2009 1.04 million number +3.0%
2010 1.04 million number +0.1%
2011 1.08 million number +4.0%
2012 1.08 million number +0.1%
2013 1.04 million number -3.7%
2014 1.01 million number -2.5%
2015 1.01 million number -0.6%
2016 1.01 million number -0.0%
2017 1.00 million number -0.4%
2018 1.02 million number +1.2%
2019 1.02 million number +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 197,964 number 136,141 number 298,392 number 10
1980s 455,306 number 328,172 number 556,680 number 10
1990s 688,554 number 578,111 number 808,237 number 10
2000s 937,610 number 845,772 number 1.04 million number 10
2010s 1.03 million number 1.00 million number 1.08 million number 10

Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

  1. 32 Colombia 89,996 number compare
  2. 33 Algeria 83,271 number compare
  3. 34 Benin 81,348 number compare
  4. 35 South Africa 76,420 number compare
  5. 36 Malaysia 75,039 number compare
  6. 37 Cameroon 74,718 number compare
  7. 38 Tanzania, United Republic of 70,631 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in secondary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Teachers in secondary education, male in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 1.02 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
The highest recorded value was 1.08 million number in 2012.
What is the lowest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
The lowest recorded value was 136,141 number in 1970.
How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for teachers in secondary education, male?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 35th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is teachers in secondary education, male rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high 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/