Teachers in upper secondary education, male in India

India: Teachers in upper secondary education, male was 1.55 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.55 million number
Change on year
up 23.4%
World rank
1st
of 131 countries
All-time high
1.55 million number
in 2019
All-time low
619,717 number
in 2000
Years of data
11
2000–2019

Teachers in upper secondary education, male in India, 2000–2019

0500.0k1.0M1.5M2000200920192000: 619.7k number2001: 653.1k number2002: 752.0k number2004: 879.5k number2011: 1.5M number2013: 956.2k number2014: 1.1M number2015: 1.1M number2016: 1.3M number2017: 1.3M number2019: 1.6M number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, teachers in upper secondary education, male in India stood at 1.55 million number. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of up 23.4% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in upper secondary education, male in India peaked at 1.55 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 619,717 number, in 2000.

India ranks 1st of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 726,065 number 619,717 number 879,511 number 4
2010s 1.25 million number 956,199 number 1.55 million number 7

Countries ranked near India

  1. 2 China 1.27 million number compare
  2. 3 United States 346,969 number compare
  3. 4 Indonesia 329,969 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in upper secondary education, male in India?
Teachers in upper secondary education, male in India was 1.55 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in upper secondary education, male recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 1.55 million number in 2019.
What is the lowest teachers in upper secondary education, male recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 619,717 number in 2000.
How does India rank for teachers in upper secondary education, male?
India ranks 1st out of 131 countries with data for 2019.
Is teachers in upper secondary education, male rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this India data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in upper secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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/