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Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes (number) by country

Total number of teachers in public and private short-cycle tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5). 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....

Countries reporting
65
Highest
227,029 number
Russia
Lowest
0 number
Eswatini
Median
1,161 number
Years covered
22
1998–2019
Data points
654

What the numbers show

Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 227,029 number in Russia; the lowest is 0 number in Eswatini.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,161 number, and the mean is 11,922 number.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 618.5%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 98.0%).

Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 227,029 number 2017 up 27.2% rising
2 Japan 174,517 number 2017 down 2.6% falling
3 South Korea 43,929 number 2018 down 0.1% falling
4 Argentina 39,397 number 2006 up 1.6% flat
5 Ukraine 37,088 number 2012 — falling
6 Spain 36,339 number 2018 up 7.2% flat
7 Vietnam 24,260 number 2016 up 21.8% rising
8 Turkey 19,942 number 2018 up 70.2% rising
9 Malaysia 18,853 number 2019 up 29.1% rising
10 Peru 18,608 number 2012 up 29.6% rising
11 Mexico 13,623 number 2018 up 41.0% rising
12 Greece 13,220 number 2007 up 79.4% rising
13 Morocco 12,020 number 2019 up 598.4% volatile
14 Austria 9,671 number 2017 — rising
15 Belarus 7,209 number 2018 down 42.8% falling
16 Kyrgyzstan 7,179 number 2019 up 76.4% rising
16 Kazakhstan 7,179 number 2019 down 25.5% rising
18 Azerbaijan 5,735 number 2019 down 30.3% falling
19 Myanmar 5,487 number 2018 up 131.1% volatile
20 Ghana 5,307 number 2018 up 19.7% rising
21 Tajikistan 5,210 number 2017 up 74.5% rising
22 Laos 4,707 number 2019 up 141.1% volatile
23 Singapore 4,394 number 2018 down 27.4% falling
24 Armenia 4,175 number 2019 up 11.5% falling
25 Lithuania 3,652 number 2012 down 25.4% falling
26 New Zealand 3,149 number 2018 up 7.4% rising
27 Oman 2,910 number 2016 up 181.4% rising
28 Paraguay 2,618 number 2003 — rising
29 Uruguay 2,154 number 2010 down 4.6% falling
30 Palestine 1,597 number 2019 up 187.7% rising
31 Moldova 1,393 number 2019 up 8.6% falling
32 Jordan 1,283 number 2017 down 43.3% flat
33 Slovenia 1,161 number 2018 down 21.3% volatile
34 Bulgaria 1,079 number 2012 down 52.0% falling
35 Latvia 1,075 number 2018 up 5.1% rising
36 Hungary 966 number 2016 down 56.1% falling
37 Cyprus 642 number 2018 down 57.5% falling
38 Lesotho 593 number 2018 up 60.7% rising
39 Liberia 511 number 2012 up 432.3% volatile
40 Qatar 502 number 2019 up 0.4% rising
41 Slovakia 490 number 2018 up 79.5% falling
42 Guyana 467 number 2012 up 618.5% rising
43 Trinidad and Tobago 459 number 2003 — volatile
44 Brazil 370 number 2018 down 64.8% falling
45 Sweden 351.09 number 2018 down 42.8% falling
46 Mongolia 312 number 2012 up 1.0% falling
47 Belize 283 number 2019 up 31.0% rising
48 Madagascar 227 number 2018 down 77.0% falling
49 Brunei 226 number 2019 up 39.5% flat
50 Namibia 224 number 2008 down 23.5% falling
51 Bahrain 210 number 2019 — volatile
52 Malta 192.08 number 2017 — falling
53 El Salvador 187 number 2018 down 54.6% falling
54 Aruba 121 number 2012 up 18.6% rising
55 Samoa 114 number 2018 — falling
56 North Macedonia 69 number 2012 up 11.3% rising
57 Mauritania 62 number 2012 down 71.4% volatile
58 Poland 57 number 2018 down 98.0% volatile
59 Djibouti 53 number 2009 up 341.7% volatile
60 Saint Lucia 48 number 2012 up 77.8% rising
61 Germany 38.97 number 2018 down 24.0% falling
62 Andorra 16 number 2019 down 83.7% volatile
63 Bermuda 14 number 2018 down 84.1% falling
64 Malawi 0 number 2007 — flat
64 Eswatini 0 number 2013 — flat

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
65 places, 654 data points, 1998–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of teachers in public and private short-cycle tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5). 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.