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

Total number of male teachers in public and private short-cycle 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...

Countries reporting
68
Highest
819,283 number
India
Lowest
9 number
Cayman Islands
Median
4,990 number
Years covered
22
1998–2019
Data points
694

What the numbers show

Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 6, 7 and 8 programmes, male (number) is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 819,283 number in India; the lowest is 9 number in Cayman Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 4,990 number, and the mean is 29,991 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 91,031.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Andorra (up 757.1%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 57.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 819,283 number 2019 up 2.7% flat
2 Germany 250,709 number 2018 up 8.9% rising
3 Brazil 242,288 number 2018 up 20.5% rising
4 South Korea 118,104 number 2018 up 2.9% rising
5 Spain 78,501 number 2018 up 9.7% rising
6 Turkey 76,162 number 2018 up 31.4% rising
7 Poland 53,988 number 2015 down 4.6% flat
8 Vietnam 36,901 number 2016 up 140.6% rising
9 Austria 29,906 number 2017 — flat
10 Malaysia 25,676 number 2019 up 9.5% rising
11 Cuba 25,558 number 2018 down 57.9% flat
12 Sweden 19,272 number 2018 up 7.1% rising
13 Morocco 17,302 number 2019 up 16.6% rising
14 Jordan 15,815 number 2017 up 185.0% volatile
15 Uzbekistan 15,049 number 2019 up 1.3% flat
16 Kazakhstan 13,361 number 2019 down 7.6% flat
17 Romania 12,797 number 2018 down 9.9% falling
18 Hungary 11,752 number 2016 down 15.8% falling
19 Greece 11,294 number 2018 up 5.8% rising
20 Bulgaria 11,056 number 2018 up 3.3% flat
21 Mozambique 10,099 number 2018 up 300.9% volatile
22 Belarus 9,406 number 2018 down 37.3% falling
23 Ghana 9,180 number 2018 up 27.0% rising
24 Azerbaijan 8,644 number 2019 down 14.6% falling
25 Georgia 7,588 number 2007 down 44.0% falling
26 Tanzania 7,015 number 2019 up 172.5% volatile
27 Tajikistan 6,992 number 2017 up 32.2% rising
28 New Zealand 6,848 number 2018 up 10.7% rising
29 Singapore 6,601 number 2018 up 3.5% falling
30 El Salvador 6,371 number 2018 up 18.1% rising
31 Slovakia 6,299 number 2018 down 16.1% falling
32 Serbia 6,248 number 2019 down 21.9% falling
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,566 number 2019 up 4.7% rising
34 Lithuania 5,011 number 2018 down 12.4% flat
35 Palestine 4,968 number 2019 up 20.9% rising
36 Armenia 4,823 number 2019 down 22.6% falling
37 Kyrgyzstan 4,592 number 2019 down 20.4% falling
38 Madagascar 3,683 number 2018 up 307.9% volatile
39 Mongolia 3,589 number 2012 up 49.0% rising
40 Slovenia 3,358 number 2018 down 5.5% rising
41 Oman 3,292 number 2016 up 61.5% rising
42 Myanmar 3,078 number 2018 down 22.0% rising
43 Latvia 2,799 number 2018 up 10.5% rising
44 Laos 2,312 number 2019 up 258.4% volatile
45 North Macedonia 2,204 number 2017 up 45.8% rising
46 Cambodia 2,108 number 2005 up 55.6% rising
47 Moldova 2,061 number 2019 down 30.1% falling
48 Cyprus 1,546 number 2018 up 605.9% volatile
49 Liberia 1,327 number 2012 up 130.0% rising
50 Qatar 1,198 number 2019 up 149.6% rising
51 Malta 1,003 number 2017 — rising
52 Bahrain 960 number 2019 — rising
53 Cape Verde 837 number 2013 up 433.1% rising
54 Malawi 572 number 2007 up 50.5% rising
55 Brunei 354 number 2019 up 10.3% rising
56 Trinidad and Tobago 346 number 2003 — rising
57 Eritrea 332 number 2004 up 107.5% rising
58 Mauritania 314 number 2012 up 1.0% flat
59 Lesotho 276 number 2018 up 97.1% rising
60 Belize 227 number 2019 up 170.2% rising
61 Samoa 165 number 2018 — volatile
62 Guyana 121 number 2012 down 14.8% falling
63 Saint Lucia 84 number 2012 up 110.0% rising
64 Aruba 78 number 2012 up 129.4% rising
65 Liechtenstein 71 number 2017 down 12.3% falling
66 Andorra 60 number 2019 up 757.1% volatile
67 Bermuda 12 number 2018 — volatile
68 Cayman Islands 9 number 2008 down 18.2% flat

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 6, 7 and 8 programmes, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
68 places, 694 data points, 1998–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of male teachers in public and private short-cycle 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/