Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male in El Salvador

El Salvador: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male was 6,524 number in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
6,524 number
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
80th
of 159 countries
All-time high
6,524 number
in 2018
All-time low
625 number
in 1970
Years of data
33
1970–2018

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male in El Salvador, 1970–2018

02.0k4.0k6.0k1970199420181970: 625 number1973: 1.2k number1974: 1.5k number1975: 1.7k number1978: 1.9k number1983: 2.0k number1984: 2.9k number1985: 3.1k number1986: 3.1k number1990: 3.1k number1994: 4.0k number1995: 4.6k number1996: 4.2k number1999: 4.9k number2000: 5.1k number2001: 4.9k number2002: 5.0k number2003: 5.4k number2004: 5.5k number2005: 5.4k number2006: 5.7k number2007: 5.6k number2008: 5.6k number2009: 5.8k number2010: 5.9k number2011: 6.0k number2012: 6.0k number2013: 5.9k number2014: 6.1k number2015: 6.2k number2016: 6.2k number2017: 6.5k number2018: 6.5k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2018, teachers in tertiary education programmes, male in El Salvador stood at 6,524 number. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in tertiary education programmes, male in El Salvador peaked at 6,524 number in 2018 and was at its lowest, 625 number, in 1970.

El Salvador ranks 80th of 159 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male (number) in El Salvador, 1970 to 2018.
Year number Change
1970 625 number —
1973 1,207 number +93.1%
1974 1,470 number +21.8%
1975 1,652 number +12.4%
1978 1,935 number +17.1%
1983 2,042 number +5.5%
1984 2,895 number +41.8%
1985 3,143 number +8.6%
1986 3,147 number +0.1%
1990 3,119 number -0.9%
1994 4,013 number +28.7%
1995 4,551 number +13.4%
1996 4,204 number -7.6%
1999 4,947 number +17.7%
2000 5,088 number +2.9%
2001 4,861 number -4.5%
2002 5,006 number +3.0%
2003 5,373 number +7.3%
2004 5,499 number +2.3%
2005 5,357 number -2.6%
2006 5,709 number +6.6%
2007 5,577 number -2.3%
2008 5,631 number +1.0%
2009 5,757 number +2.2%
2010 5,899 number +2.5%
2011 5,958 number +1.0%
2012 6,022 number +1.1%
2013 5,879 number -2.4%
2014 6,058 number +3.0%
2015 6,214 number +2.6%
2016 6,228 number +0.2%
2017 6,494 number +4.3%
2018 6,524 number +0.5%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 6,524 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,456 number, 62% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 6,524 number is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,138 number, 5.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1973 +93.1% 625 number 1,207 number
1984 +41.8% 2,042 number 2,895 number

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1,378 number 625 number 1,935 number 5
1980s 2,807 number 2,042 number 3,147 number 4
1990s 4,167 number 3,119 number 4,947 number 5
2000s 5,386 number 4,861 number 5,757 number 10
2010s 6,142 number 5,879 number 6,524 number 9

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 77 United Arab Emirates 6,661 number compare
  2. 78 Sri Lanka 6,552 number compare
  3. 79 Angola 6,525 number compare
  4. 81 Slovakia 6,511 number compare
  5. 82 Burkina Faso 6,503 number compare
  6. 83 Serbia 6,248 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in tertiary education programmes, male in El Salvador?
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male in El Salvador was 6,524 number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in tertiary education programmes, male recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 6,524 number in 2018.
What is the lowest teachers in tertiary education programmes, male recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 625 number in 1970.
How does El Salvador rank for teachers in tertiary education programmes, male?
El Salvador ranks 80th out of 159 countries with data for 2018.
Is teachers in tertiary education programmes, male rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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/