Teachers in secondary education, male in Upper middle income

Upper middle income: Teachers in secondary education, male was 6.38 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
6.38 million number
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
6th
of 43 groups
All-time high
6.72 million number
in 2008
All-time low
4.20 million number
in 1985
Years of data
42
1978–2019

Teachers in secondary education, male in Upper middle income, 1978–2019

02.0M4.0M6.0M1978199820191978: 4.2M number1979: 4.5M number1980: 4.5M number1981: 4.5M number1982: 4.4M number1983: 4.4M number1984: 4.4M number1985: 4.2M number1986: 4.6M number1987: 4.8M number1988: 4.9M number1989: 5.1M number1990: 5.1M number1991: 5.1M number1992: 5.1M number1993: 5.2M number1994: 5.2M number1995: 5.3M number1996: 5.4M number1997: 5.5M number1998: 5.5M number1999: 5.5M number2000: 5.7M number2001: 5.6M number2002: 5.7M number2003: 5.9M number2004: 6.0M number2005: 6.1M number2006: 6.3M number2007: 6.6M number2008: 6.7M number2009: 6.7M number2010: 6.7M number2011: 6.5M number2012: 6.4M number2013: 6.4M number2014: 6.4M number2015: 6.5M number2016: 6.5M number2017: 6.4M number2018: 6.4M number2019: 6.4M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Upper middle income recorded 6.38 million number for teachers in secondary education, male in 2019.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in secondary education, male in Upper middle income peaked at 6.72 million number in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4.20 million number, in 1985.

That places Upper middle income 6th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 4.37 million number 4.20 million number 4.54 million number 2
1980s 4.59 million number 4.20 million number 5.05 million number 10
1990s 5.28 million number 5.11 million number 5.47 million number 10
2000s 6.13 million number 5.57 million number 6.72 million number 10
2010s 6.46 million number 6.38 million number 6.69 million number 10

Countries ranked near Upper middle income

  1. 3 Indonesia 714,485 number compare
  2. 4 United States of America 633,125 number compare
  3. 5 Brazil 508,674 number compare
  4. 6 Japan 472,930 number compare
  5. 7 Mexico 411,077 number compare
  6. 8 Türkiye 318,806 number compare
  7. 9 Bangladesh 318,357 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in secondary education, male in Upper middle income?
Teachers in secondary education, male in Upper middle income was 6.38 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in Upper middle income?
The highest recorded value was 6.72 million number in 2008.
What is the lowest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in Upper middle income?
The lowest recorded value was 4.20 million number in 1985.
How does Upper middle income rank for teachers in secondary education, male?
Upper middle income ranks 6th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
Is teachers in secondary education, male rising or falling in Upper middle income?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Upper 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
Last refreshed

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/