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Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 6, 7 and 8 programmes, both sexes (number) by country

Total number of teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 6-8). 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
75
Highest
1.42 million number
India
Lowest
26 number
Cayman Islands
Median
10,348 number
Years covered
22
1998–2019
Data points
773

What the numbers show

Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 6, 7 and 8 programmes, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 75 countries. The highest value is 1.42 million number in India; the lowest is 26 number in Cayman Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 10,348 number, and the mean is 60,471 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 54,473.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Djibouti (up 1,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 58.0%).

Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 6, 7 and 8 programmes, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 1.42 million number 2019 up 8.2% rising
2 Brazil 448,163 number 2018 up 22.4% rising
3 Germany 416,202 number 2018 up 12.6% rising
4 Japan 385,606 number 2017 up 16.1% rising
5 Mexico 383,519 number 2018 up 38.8% rising
6 South Korea 176,868 number 2018 up 7.7% rising
7 Ukraine 160,805 number 2012 — flat
8 Turkey 138,156 number 2018 up 38.5% rising
9 Spain 135,530 number 2018 up 20.6% rising
10 Poland 96,776 number 2015 up 1.0% flat
11 Vietnam 69,591 number 2016 up 150.9% rising
12 Cuba 61,737 number 2018 down 58.0% rising
13 Malaysia 57,987 number 2019 up 24.3% rising
14 Austria 50,240 number 2017 — flat
15 Kazakhstan 38,275 number 2019 down 2.2% rising
16 Sweden 35,127 number 2018 up 9.7% rising
17 Uzbekistan 26,664 number 2019 up 11.8% rising
18 Romania 26,266 number 2018 down 4.7% flat
19 Morocco 23,722 number 2019 up 32.7% rising
20 Bulgaria 21,914 number 2018 up 12.5% rising
21 Jordan 21,424 number 2017 up 213.6% volatile
22 Belarus 20,871 number 2018 down 29.3% falling
23 Myanmar 20,757 number 2018 down 0.5% rising
24 Hungary 20,739 number 2016 down 7.9% falling
25 Greece 17,288 number 2018 up 9.6% rising
26 Azerbaijan 16,746 number 2019 down 4.9% falling
27 Georgia 15,973 number 2007 down 38.1% falling
28 Uruguay 14,405 number 2010 up 42.3% rising
29 Mozambique 14,104 number 2018 up 437.5% volatile
30 New Zealand 13,684 number 2018 up 13.8% rising
31 Serbia 11,983 number 2019 down 19.1% falling
32 Kyrgyzstan 11,665 number 2019 down 10.4% rising
33 Slovakia 11,611 number 2018 down 9.5% flat
34 Lithuania 11,426 number 2018 up 5.2% rising
35 Ghana 11,424 number 2018 up 30.8% rising
36 Tajikistan 10,723 number 2017 up 38.2% rising
37 El Salvador 10,402 number 2018 up 27.6% rising
38 Armenia 10,348 number 2019 down 15.0% falling
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,122 number 2019 up 10.7% rising
40 Tanzania 10,026 number 2019 up 173.6% volatile
41 Singapore 10,008 number 2018 up 9.9% flat
42 Mongolia 8,425 number 2012 up 68.9% rising
43 Palestine 6,940 number 2019 up 41.3% rising
44 Latvia 6,075 number 2018 up 4.0% rising
45 Slovenia 5,745 number 2018 up 0.6% rising
46 Madagascar 5,578 number 2018 up 345.5% volatile
47 Oman 5,210 number 2016 up 80.3% rising
48 Moldova 4,545 number 2019 down 29.2% falling
49 North Macedonia 4,114 number 2017 up 50.1% rising
50 Laos 4,054 number 2019 up 271.9% volatile
51 Cyprus 2,634 number 2018 up 741.5% volatile
52 Cambodia 2,498 number 2005 up 50.1% rising
53 Qatar 1,830 number 2019 up 109.6% rising
54 Bahrain 1,629 number 2019 — rising
55 Malta 1,543 number 2017 — rising
56 Liberia 1,517 number 2012 up 124.4% rising
57 Cape Verde 1,350 number 2013 up 365.5% volatile
58 Namibia 980 number 2008 up 67.8% rising
59 Malawi 861 number 2007 up 69.2% rising
60 Brunei 659 number 2019 up 23.6% rising
61 Trinidad and Tobago 510 number 2003 — rising
62 Lesotho 504 number 2018 up 87.4% rising
63 Eswatini 459 number 2013 up 40.8% rising
64 Belize 451 number 2019 up 208.9% rising
65 Eritrea 388 number 2004 up 110.9% rising
66 Mauritania 337 number 2012 up 301.2% rising
67 Samoa 321 number 2018 — volatile
68 Guyana 209 number 2012 down 12.9% falling
69 Saint Lucia 194 number 2012 up 33.8% rising
70 Aruba 144 number 2012 up 152.6% rising
71 Andorra 129 number 2019 up 760.0% volatile
72 Liechtenstein 112 number 2017 down 3.4% flat
73 Djibouti 104 number 2009 up 1,200.0% volatile
74 Bermuda 35 number 2018 — volatile
75 Cayman Islands 26 number 2008 up 36.8% rising

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 6, 7 and 8 programmes, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
75 places, 773 data points, 1998–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 6-8). 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/