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

Total number of male teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5-8). 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
155
Highest
881,584 number
China
Lowest
14 number
Cayman Islands
Median
6,525 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,712

What the numbers show

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male (number) is currently reported for 155 countries. The highest value is 881,584 number in China; the lowest is 14 number in Cayman Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 6,525 number, and the mean is 40,225 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62,970.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 1,085.4%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 57.9%).

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 881,584 number 2011 up 174.2% volatile
2 India 819,283 number 2019 up 2.7% volatile
3 United States 797,537 number 2017 — rising
4 Japan 419,722 number 2006 up 33.6% rising
5 Germany 250,730 number 2018 up 8.9% rising
6 Brazil 242,493 number 2018 up 14.9% volatile
7 Russia 205,039 number 2018 down 34.0% falling
8 Iran 171,071 number 2018 up 48.0% volatile
9 Indonesia 167,296 number 2018 down 1.8% rising
10 South Korea 142,264 number 2018 up 1.0% volatile
11 Colombia 100,122 number 2018 up 163.8% rising
12 Spain 96,485 number 2018 up 7.2% rising
13 Canada 91,370 number 2016 down 14.3% falling
14 United Kingdom 87,872 number 2018 up 12.3% rising
15 Turkey 87,863 number 2018 up 49.1% volatile
16 Venezuela 80,866 number 2008 up 144.7% volatile
17 Argentina 73,184 number 2009 up 56.6% rising
18 Philippines 72,813 number 2017 up 44.4% volatile
19 France 68,937 number 2013 down 21.8% falling
20 Bangladesh 67,826 number 2019 up 45.1% volatile
21 Peru 65,571 number 2017 — volatile
22 Italy 58,097 number 2018 down 13.2% rising
23 Poland 54,161 number 2015 down 5.7% flat
24 Saudi Arabia 48,885 number 2019 up 89.9% volatile
25 Nigeria 48,578 number 2011 up 35.2% rising
26 Vietnam 48,384 number 2016 up 72.3% rising
27 Thailand 42,480 number 2016 up 24.3% volatile
28 Netherlands 37,754 number 2018 up 27.8% rising
29 Malaysia 35,466 number 2019 up 4.9% rising
30 Austria 34,544 number 2017 up 73.1% rising
31 Algeria 32,902 number 2018 up 42.3% rising
32 Morocco 26,021 number 2019 up 60.6% volatile
33 Cuba 25,558 number 2018 down 57.9% volatile
34 Ecuador 24,955 number 2015 up 51.7% rising
35 Lebanon 23,783 number 2014 up 89.0% rising
36 Switzerland 23,489 number 2018 up 6.1% rising
37 Ethiopia 21,411 number 2014 up 392.4% volatile
38 Sweden 19,470 number 2018 down 4.7% flat
39 Portugal 18,907 number 2018 down 5.3% volatile
40 Australia 18,816 number 1992 up 7.2% rising
41 Norway 18,252 number 2018 up 36.9% rising
42 South Africa 16,967 number 1994 up 60.2% rising
43 Cote d'Ivoire 16,517 number 2017 up 163.3% rising
43 Jordan 16,517 number 2017 up 136.0% volatile
45 Belgium 16,182 number 2018 up 5.7% falling
46 Kazakhstan 15,321 number 2019 down 9.9% rising
47 Uzbekistan 15,049 number 2019 up 1.3% rising
48 Denmark 14,960 number 2018 — volatile
49 Afghanistan 14,945 number 2018 up 429.4% volatile
50 Ghana 13,778 number 2019 up 68.2% volatile
51 Libya 13,056 number 2002 — volatile
52 Cambodia 12,859 number 2019 up 35.8% volatile
53 Romania 12,797 number 2018 down 29.4% rising
54 Iraq 12,480 number 2005 up 52.8% volatile
55 Hungary 12,337 number 2016 down 18.0% rising
56 Tunisia 11,831 number 2012 up 60.0% volatile
57 Dominican Republic 11,420 number 2017 up 75.0% rising
58 Greece 11,294 number 2018 down 39.9% rising
59 Belarus 11,058 number 2018 down 31.4% falling
60 Bulgaria 11,056 number 2018 down 2.3% rising
61 Czechia 11,018 number 2012 down 12.8% rising
62 Mozambique 10,099 number 2018 up 300.9% volatile
63 Tajikistan 9,986 number 2017 up 39.5% rising
64 Azerbaijan 9,855 number 2019 down 20.7% falling
65 Singapore 9,150 number 2018 down 8.5% volatile
66 Georgia 8,783 number 2019 up 41.5% falling
67 Croatia 8,704 number 2018 up 7.5% rising
68 New Zealand 8,446 number 2018 up 10.1% rising
70 Syria 7,595 number 2015 — volatile
71 Puerto Rico 7,402 number 2018 up 3.3% flat
72 Finland 7,251 number 2018 up 3.6% rising
73 Tanzania 7,015 number 2019 up 106.3% volatile
74 Panama 7,005 number 2016 up 12.6% rising
75 Honduras 6,823 number 2018 up 30.7% rising
76 Kyrgyzstan 6,785 number 2019 down 3.6% rising
77 United Arab Emirates 6,661 number 2017 up 92.1% volatile
78 Sri Lanka 6,552 number 2019 — volatile
79 Angola 6,525 number 2015 up 538.5% volatile
80 El Salvador 6,524 number 2018 up 15.9% rising
81 Slovakia 6,511 number 2018 down 5.6% falling
82 Burkina Faso 6,503 number 2019 up 180.4% volatile
83 Serbia 6,248 number 2019 down 22.6% falling
84 Palestine 6,135 number 2019 up 35.3% rising
85 Yemen 6,095 number 2007 up 24.8% rising
86 Guinea 6,089 number 2014 up 388.7% volatile
87 Senegal 5,905 number 2019 up 20.0% rising
88 Armenia 5,887 number 2019 down 17.5% falling
89 Cameroon 5,794 number 2018 up 84.0% volatile
90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,566 number 2019 up 79.0% rising
91 Oman 5,299 number 2016 up 187.8% rising
92 Laos 5,173 number 2019 up 158.8% volatile
93 Lithuania 5,011 number 2018 down 24.6% falling
94 Togo 4,967 number 2019 up 1,085.4% volatile
95 Niger 4,945 number 2019 up 325.2% volatile
96 Hong Kong 4,848 number 1994 down 5.7% rising
97 Pakistan 4,447 number 1992 down 31.6% rising
98 Albania 4,226 number 2019 down 12.6% volatile
99 Uganda 4,100 number 2011 up 24.9% rising
100 Myanmar 4,059 number 2018 up 113.9% rising
101 Slovenia 3,994 number 2018 up 7.0% rising
102 Congo 3,897 number 2017 up 250.8% volatile
103 Madagascar 3,827 number 2018 up 56.1% volatile
104 Nicaragua 3,514 number 2002 up 105.7% rising
105 Latvia 3,147 number 2018 down 0.0% rising
106 Burundi 2,958 number 2018 up 88.5% volatile
107 Mongolia 2,727 number 2018 down 28.1% rising
108 Rwanda 2,569 number 2019 up 8.4% volatile
109 Moldova 2,528 number 2019 down 23.2% falling
110 Estonia 2,215 number 2018 down 31.9% falling
111 North Macedonia 2,204 number 2017 up 44.3% rising
112 Benin 2,134 number 2018 down 31.1% volatile
113 Namibia 1,878 number 2017 up 325.9% volatile
114 Cyprus 1,869 number 2018 up 32.5% volatile
115 Liberia 1,789 number 2012 up 176.1% volatile
116 Botswana 1,771 number 2019 — volatile
117 Macao 1,546 number 2019 up 15.6% rising
118 Qatar 1,530 number 2019 up 92.9% volatile
119 Kuwait 1,502 number 1999 up 11.1% volatile
120 Chad 1,488 number 2015 up 15.3% volatile
121 Trinidad and Tobago 1,138 number 2004 up 251.2% volatile
122 Iceland 1,137 number 2012 up 11.5% rising
124 Bahrain 1,095 number 2019 down 7.5% volatile
125 Sierra Leone 1,023 number 2002 — volatile
126 Cape Verde 890 number 2018 up 96.5% rising
128 Grenada 759 number 2018 — volatile
129 Malawi 667 number 2011 up 47.6% rising
130 Eritrea 626 number 2016 up 70.6% volatile
131 Bhutan 534 number 2020 down 15.2% volatile
132 Lesotho 520 number 2018 up 55.2% volatile
133 Brunei 458 number 2019 up 24.5% rising
134 Mauritania 415 number 2013 up 22.8% rising
135 Eswatini 413 number 2015 up 49.6% rising
136 Haiti 411 number 1986 up 14.2% rising
137 Barbados 403 number 2007 up 9.8% rising
138 Belize 362 number 2019 up 83.8% volatile
139 Mauritius 352 number 1995 up 68.4% rising
140 Central African Republic 348 number 2011 up 18.0% falling
141 Guyana 320 number 2012 up 93.9% rising
142 Saint Kitts and Nevis 276 number 2015 — volatile
143 Samoa 237 number 2018 — volatile
144 Comoros 220 number 2012 up 105.6% volatile
145 Fiji 185 number 1991 down 9.8% rising
146 United States Virgin Islands 137 number 2007 down 0.7% flat
147 Djibouti 101 number 2007 up 621.4% volatile
148 Saint Lucia 96 number 2019 down 1.0% rising
149 Tonga 79 number 2000 — volatile
150 Andorra 73 number 2019 up 65.9% rising
152 Aruba 64 number 2016 down 49.6% falling
153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 45 number 1990 up 200.0% rising
154 New Caledonia 39 number 1984 up 85.7% rising
155 Seychelles 37 number 2019 down 2.6% falling
156 British Virgin Islands 29 number 2018 down 50.8% falling
157 Bermuda 26 number 2018 down 35.0% falling
158 Dominica 23 number 1993 up 283.3% volatile
159 Cayman Islands 14 number 2008 up 27.3% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
204 places, 4,712 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of male teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5-8). 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/