Which has higher secondary education, teachers, Korea, Republic of or Malaysia?

Korea, Republic of, at 233,046 against 217,105 in Malaysia as of 2024.

What is the difference in secondary education, teachers between Korea, Republic of and Malaysia?

15,941, with Korea, Republic of ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Republic of and Malaysia?

48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Secondary education, teachers. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Korea, Republic of vs Malaysia: Secondary education, teachers

Korea, Republic of

233,046

in 2024

Malaysia

217,105

in 2024

Korea, Republic of rank

33rd

Malaysia rank

35th

Secondary education, teachers over time

Korea, Republic of
Malaysia

How they compare

Korea, Republic of currently reports 233,046 against 217,105 in Malaysia, a difference of 15,941.

That makes Korea, Republic of's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Korea, Republic of ahead.

Korea, Republic of ranks 33rd and Malaysia ranks 35th of 201 countries.

Korea, Republic of has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea, Republic of	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	77,046	33,028	44,017	Korea, Republic of
1980s	131,471	59,500	71,971	Korea, Republic of
1990s	187,728	89,368	98,360	Korea, Republic of
2000s	207,427	150,538	56,889	Korea, Republic of
2010s	232,970	209,761	23,209	Korea, Republic of
2020s	230,068	229,460	608.4	Korea, Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, teachers, Korea, Republic of or Malaysia?: Korea, Republic of, at 233,046 against 217,105 in Malaysia as of 2024.
What is the difference in secondary education, teachers between Korea, Republic of and Malaysia?: 15,941, with Korea, Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea, Republic of and Malaysia?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Korea, Republic of and Malaysia rank globally for secondary education, teachers?: Korea, Republic of ranks 33rd and Malaysia ranks 35th of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Secondary education, teachers. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Secondary education, teachers
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 246 places, 7,677 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Secondary education, teachers refers to the total number of teachers at secondary level, including full-time and part-time teachers.