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Teachers in upper secondary education, male (number) by country

Total number of male teachers in public and private upper secondary education institutions (ISCED 3). 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
130
Highest
1.55 million number
India
Lowest
21 number
Gibraltar
Median
8,944 number
Years covered
49
1971–2019
Data points
2,795

What the numbers show

Teachers in upper secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 1.55 million number in India; the lowest is 21 number in Gibraltar.

The median across all reporting countries is 8,944 number, and the mean is 50,683 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 73,982.

Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 708.7%), and the largest decrease in Gibraltar (down 75.6%).

Teachers in upper secondary education, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 1.55 million number 2019 up 1.1% rising
2 China 1.27 million number 2019 down 14.1% rising
3 United States 346,969 number 2017 — rising
4 Indonesia 329,969 number 2018 down 8.6% rising
5 Brazil 257,760 number 2018 up 16.5% rising
6 Turkey 173,993 number 2018 up 55.4% rising
7 Bangladesh 170,636 number 2019 up 18.3% rising
8 Egypt 159,747 number 2019 down 1.4% rising
9 Mexico 146,837 number 2012 up 12.7% rising
10 Pakistan 130,499 number 2018 up 34.8% rising
11 Nigeria 124,040 number 2010 up 163.6% rising
12 Italy 104,488 number 2018 up 3.7% falling
13 Kenya 89,753 number 2016 up 161.5% rising
14 United Kingdom 87,852 number 2018 up 4.7% falling
15 France 87,235 number 2018 down 23.3% falling
16 Germany 76,140 number 2018 down 20.7% falling
17 Iran 69,426 number 2017 — rising
18 Spain 68,610 number 2018 up 38.9% falling
19 South Korea 60,575 number 2018 down 10.2% falling
20 Argentina 60,547 number 2008 up 77.9% rising
21 Saudi Arabia 54,334 number 2019 down 0.7% rising
22 Nepal 52,218 number 2019 up 103.5% rising
23 Morocco 48,636 number 2019 up 45.3% rising
24 Poland 48,595 number 2018 down 10.1% falling
25 Uzbekistan 46,384 number 2017 up 7.6% rising
26 Ghana 46,025 number 2019 up 122.9% rising
27 Sudan 38,385 number 2017 up 40.8% rising
28 Philippines 37,071 number 2018 up 191.5% rising
29 Canada 35,563 number 2018 down 9.8% rising
30 Thailand 32,186 number 2019 down 19.6% falling
31 Belgium 30,666 number 2018 up 0.1% flat
32 Colombia 29,213 number 2017 down 13.6% rising
33 Guatemala 27,293 number 2019 up 116.7% rising
34 Benin 27,228 number 2014 up 517.1% volatile
35 Netherlands 25,859 number 2018 down 4.8% flat
36 Chile 25,001 number 2018 up 24.0% rising
37 Tunisia 24,867 number 2018 up 19.3% rising
38 Malaysia 23,198 number 2004 — rising
39 Syria 23,046 number 2013 up 14.7% rising
40 Afghanistan 21,855 number 2018 up 224.1% rising
41 Ecuador 21,849 number 2018 up 30.4% rising
42 Mali 20,639 number 2017 up 54.0% rising
43 Sweden 17,609 number 2018 down 8.6% falling
44 Switzerland 17,531 number 2018 up 1.5% flat
45 Cuba 17,299 number 2019 down 21.3% rising
46 Greece 16,725 number 2018 down 27.1% falling
47 Ethiopia 16,492 number 2015 up 32.3% rising
48 Dominican Republic 15,877 number 2019 up 85.0% rising
49 Romania 15,826 number 2018 down 31.3% falling
50 Czechia 15,377 number 2012 down 35.6% falling
51 Hungary 14,747 number 2016 down 12.2% falling
52 Israel 13,468 number 2009 up 8.4% rising
53 Denmark 13,371 number 2018 — falling
54 Madagascar 13,276 number 2018 up 101.5% rising
55 Austria 13,213 number 2017 down 6.9% falling
56 Portugal 13,192 number 2018 down 13.2% falling
57 Norway 12,686 number 2018 — falling
58 Burundi 11,532 number 2019 up 708.7% volatile
59 Burkina Faso 10,997 number 2019 up 128.9% rising
60 Serbia 10,610 number 2019 up 1.3% rising
61 Jordan 10,371 number 2019 up 35.5% rising
62 Honduras 10,206 number 2019 up 21.1% rising
63 Myanmar 10,057 number 2018 up 130.8% rising
64 Croatia 9,338 number 2018 up 10.0% rising
65 Sierra Leone 9,024 number 2019 up 60.7% rising
66 Chad 8,863 number 2018 up 54.4% rising
67 Kuwait 8,510 number 2019 up 47.4% rising
68 Lebanon 8,185 number 2016 down 29.2% falling
69 Palestine 7,975 number 2019 up 99.8% rising
70 Finland 7,642 number 2018 down 24.6% flat
71 New Zealand 7,482 number 2018 down 3.8% rising
72 Cambodia 6,987 number 2007 up 108.6% rising
73 Laos 6,796 number 2019 up 94.2% rising
74 Costa Rica 6,560 number 2019 up 112.9% rising
75 Niger 6,048 number 2018 up 288.2% volatile
76 Belarus 5,333 number 2018 down 17.4% falling
77 Bulgaria 4,932 number 2018 down 28.8% falling
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,815 number 2019 down 9.3% falling
79 Mozambique 4,710 number 2013 up 176.2% rising
80 Georgia 4,663 number 2019 up 35.3% flat
81 Slovakia 4,634 number 2018 down 30.9% falling
82 Panama 4,489 number 2017 up 39.1% rising
83 Mauritania 4,010 number 2019 up 158.9% volatile
84 El Salvador 3,804 number 2018 up 7.8% flat
85 North Macedonia 3,032 number 2018 up 7.6% rising
86 Albania 3,014 number 2019 down 5.0% falling
87 Oman 2,950 number 2019 down 27.6% rising
88 Senegal 2,819 number 2004 up 26.4% rising
89 Comoros 2,676 number 2018 up 124.3% volatile
90 Gambia 2,479 number 2019 up 86.1% rising
91 Nicaragua 2,459 number 2008 up 72.3% rising
92 Eritrea 2,337 number 2018 down 0.8% rising
93 Qatar 2,214 number 2019 up 26.2% rising
94 Bahrain 2,172 number 2019 up 10.0% rising
95 Slovenia 2,014 number 2018 down 28.2% falling
96 East Timor 1,767 number 2019 up 17.5% rising
97 Lithuania 1,697 number 2018 down 31.2% falling
98 Bhutan 1,627 number 2018 up 155.8% volatile
99 Mongolia 1,601 number 2006 up 12.3% rising
100 Moldova 1,587 number 2019 down 29.6% falling
101 Luxembourg 1,479 number 2018 down 5.9% flat
102 Cyprus 1,425 number 2018 up 3.1% flat
103 Puerto Rico 1,400 number 2018 down 63.1% falling
104 Latvia 1,296 number 2018 down 30.8% falling
105 Estonia 1,282 number 2018 down 16.2% rising
106 Brunei 1,194 number 2019 up 35.8% rising
107 Malta 979.75 number 2017 up 190.7% rising
108 Iceland 876 number 2012 up 8.4% rising
110 Cape Verde 767 number 2018 down 12.2% rising
111 Montenegro 640 number 2019 down 29.4% falling
112 Macao 637 number 2019 up 29.2% rising
113 Suriname 485 number 2014 down 17.5% rising
114 Guyana 463 number 2012 up 45.1% rising
115 Samoa 437 number 2019 up 9.5% rising
116 Maldives 335 number 2019 — volatile
117 Bahamas 323 number 2018 down 17.2% falling
118 Belize 258 number 2019 up 7.9% rising
119 Barbados 197 number 2019 — falling
120 Antigua and Barbuda 190 number 2015 up 27.5% rising
121 Kiribati 146 number 2008 — falling
122 Saint Lucia 129 number 2019 up 13.2% rising
123 Bermuda 111 number 2016 down 12.6% rising
124 Grenada 96 number 2018 up 2.1% rising
125 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90 number 2010 up 76.5% rising
126 Saint Kitts and Nevis 79 number 2012 up 29.5% rising
127 Dominica 76 number 2016 up 5.6% rising
128 Cayman Islands 53 number 2018 down 31.2% rising
129 British Virgin Islands 33 number 2011 up 94.1% rising
130 Liechtenstein 29 number 2018 down 12.1% flat
131 Gibraltar 21 number 2017 down 75.6% 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 upper secondary education, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
176 places, 2,795 data points, 1971–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of male teachers in public and private upper secondary education institutions (ISCED 3). 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/