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

Total number of male 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,...

Countries reporting
56
Highest
24,160 number
South Korea
Lowest
0 number
Malawi
Median
490 number
Years covered
22
1998–2019
Data points
578

What the numbers show

Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, male (number) is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 24,160 number in South Korea; the lowest is 0 number in Malawi.

The median across all reporting countries is 490 number, and the mean is 2,819 number.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 765.2%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 98.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 24,160 number 2018 down 7.2% falling
2 Spain 17,984 number 2018 up 0.9% flat
3 Argentina 15,641 number 2006 up 23.8% rising
4 Turkey 11,701 number 2018 up 47.9% rising
5 Vietnam 11,483 number 2016 down 11.9% rising
6 Peru 11,395 number 2012 up 60.1% rising
7 Malaysia 9,790 number 2019 up 53.8% rising
8 Morocco 8,719 number 2019 up 544.4% rising
9 Greece 8,122 number 2007 up 72.5% rising
10 Austria 4,638 number 2017 — rising
11 Ghana 3,942 number 2018 up 14.1% rising
12 Tajikistan 2,994 number 2017 up 60.0% rising
13 Laos 2,861 number 2019 up 111.3% volatile
14 Singapore 2,549 number 2018 down 29.5% falling
15 Kyrgyzstan 2,193 number 2019 up 72.5% rising
16 Oman 2,007 number 2016 up 184.3% rising
17 Kazakhstan 1,960 number 2019 down 23.3% rising
18 Belarus 1,652 number 2018 down 53.8% falling
19 New Zealand 1,598 number 2018 up 7.4% rising
20 Azerbaijan 1,211 number 2019 down 47.4% falling
21 Palestine 1,167 number 2019 up 175.2% rising
22 Lithuania 1,114 number 2012 down 21.8% falling
23 Armenia 1,064 number 2019 up 17.7% falling
24 Myanmar 981 number 2018 up 148.4% volatile
25 Jordan 702 number 2017 down 51.6% falling
26 Slovenia 636 number 2018 down 18.1% volatile
27 Hungary 585 number 2016 down 45.6% falling
28 Bulgaria 513 number 2012 down 53.9% falling
29 Moldova 467 number 2019 up 12.3% falling
30 Liberia 462 number 2012 up 550.7% volatile
31 Latvia 348 number 2018 down 21.4% rising
32 Qatar 332 number 2019 up 6.1% rising
33 Cyprus 323 number 2018 down 63.2% falling
34 Trinidad and Tobago 303 number 2003 — volatile
35 Lesotho 244 number 2018 up 25.1% rising
36 Slovakia 212 number 2018 up 114.1% rising
37 Brazil 205 number 2018 down 65.9% falling
38 Guyana 199 number 2012 up 765.2% rising
39 Sweden 197.86 number 2018 down 43.8% falling
40 El Salvador 153 number 2018 down 35.4% falling
41 Madagascar 144 number 2018 down 79.7% volatile
42 Bahrain 135 number 2019 — volatile
42 Belize 135 number 2019 up 19.5% rising
44 Namibia 112 number 2008 down 61.8% falling
46 Brunei 104 number 2019 up 28.4% falling
47 Mongolia 99 number 2012 down 11.6% volatile
48 Samoa 72 number 2018 — falling
49 Mauritania 57 number 2012 up 111.1% rising
50 Aruba 46 number 2012 down 9.8% flat
51 Saint Lucia 35 number 2012 up 400.0% rising
52 North Macedonia 33 number 2012 down 15.4% falling
53 Germany 21.25 number 2018 down 26.4% falling
54 Poland 17 number 2018 down 98.2% volatile
55 Bermuda 14 number 2018 down 65.0% falling
56 Andorra 13 number 2019 down 64.9% volatile
57 Malawi 0 number 2007 — flat

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
57 places, 578 data points, 1998–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of male 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. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/