Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
157
Highest
4.13 million
China
Lowest
7
Niue
Median
21,290
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
8,604
What the numbers show
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 4.13 million in China; the lowest is 7 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 21,290, and the mean is 119,472.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 499.9%), and the largest decrease in Micronesia, Federated States of (down 60.0%).
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 4.13 million | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 2 | India | 3.66 million | 2025 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 3 | United States of America | 897,470 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 4 | Indonesia | 682,846 | 2025 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 596,549 | 2024 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 486,030 | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 458,459 | 2021 | up 184.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Mexico | 448,087 | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 444,454 | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 434,288 | 2025 | up 60.8% | rising |
| 11 | Türkiye | 385,180 | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 12 | Philippines | 354,039 | 2024 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 283,539 | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 14 | Japan | 282,232 | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 15 | Egypt | 267,085 | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 239,586 | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 17 | France | 227,044 | 2013 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 18 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 190,117 | 2023 | up 44.6% | falling |
| 19 | Poland | 186,449 | 2025 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 179,037 | 2024 | up 184.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Italy | 172,836 | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 22 | Spain | 162,830 | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 23 | Argentina | 153,249 | 2008 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 24 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 152,184 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 25 | Ghana | 131,461 | 2021 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 125,885 | 2022 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 27 | Thailand | 122,773 | 2025 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 120,033 | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 29 | Republic of Korea | 108,189 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 30 | Myanmar | 106,459 | 2018 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 31 | Morocco | 100,673 | 2024 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 32 | Azerbaijan | 87,915 | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 33 | South Africa | 80,289 | 2023 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 76,935 | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 71,216 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 36 | Guatemala | 65,903 | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 37 | Nepal | 60,707 | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 38 | Benin | 60,400 | 2014 | up 499.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Netherlands | 59,406 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 40 | Madagascar | 58,153 | 2019 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 41 | Angola | 55,896 | 2023 | up 219.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Afghanistan | 55,629 | 2023 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 52,573 | 2024 | up 76.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Belgium | 50,172 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 45 | Belarus | 49,292 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 46 | Jordan | 48,283 | 2024 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 46,345 | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 48 | Greece | 45,033 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 49 | Austria | 45,006 | 2024 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 50 | Ecuador | 43,952 | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 51 | Portugal | 40,235 | 2023 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 52 | Tunisia | 39,748 | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 53 | Sweden | 39,082 | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 54 | Serbia | 37,967 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 55 | Mali | 37,519 | 2023 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Hungary | 36,193 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 57 | Cuba | 35,165 | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 58 | Israel | 35,021 | 2024 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 59 | Oman | 33,969 | 2024 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 60 | Switzerland | 33,936 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 61 | Palestine, State of | 33,215 | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 62 | Czechia | 32,403 | 2013 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 63 | Norway | 31,832 | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 64 | Chile | 31,405 | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 65 | Kenya | 30,262 | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 66 | Congo | 28,501 | 2023 | up 127.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Kuwait | 27,615 | 2021 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 68 | Denmark | 26,836 | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 69 | Croatia | 25,808 | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 70 | Lebanon | 25,245 | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 71 | Honduras | 24,908 | 2022 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 72 | Senegal | 24,827 | 2022 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Mongolia | 24,374 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 74 | Sierra Leone | 23,863 | 2024 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 75 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 23,130 | 2022 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 76 | Zambia | 22,418 | 2014 | up 412.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Finland | 22,218 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 78 | Slovakia | 21,336 | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 21,290 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 80 | Lithuania | 20,570 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 20,464 | 2024 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 82 | Niger | 20,303 | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Georgia | 18,750 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 84 | Rwanda | 18,294 | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 85 | Mozambique | 18,215 | 2013 | up 145.6% | volatile |
| 86 | New Zealand | 18,147 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 87 | Uruguay | 17,159 | 2010 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 88 | Liberia | 16,478 | 2022 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 89 | Malaysia | 16,476 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 90 | Chad | 14,917 | 2023 | up 92.6% | rising |
| 91 | Albania | 14,773 | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 92 | Cambodia | 14,760 | 2024 | down 47.5% | rising |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 14,689 | 2022 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 94 | Hong Kong, China | 14,496 | 2005 | — | rising |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14,358 | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 96 | Republic of Moldova | 13,976 | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 97 | Panama | 13,706 | 2017 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 98 | Puerto Rico | 12,333 | 2024 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 99 | Guinea | 12,043 | 2011 | up 129.0% | rising |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 11,621 | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 101 | Burundi | 11,041 | 2019 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 10,893 | 2010 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 103 | Armenia | 10,441 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 104 | El Salvador | 9,838 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 105 | Slovenia | 9,060 | 2016 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 106 | Namibia | 7,967 | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 107 | Latvia | 7,461 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 108 | Gambia | 7,362 | 2025 | up 91.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Qatar | 6,135 | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 110 | Eritrea | 5,769 | 2022 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 111 | Estonia | 5,634 | 2024 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 112 | Mauritania | 4,538 | 2020 | up 144.5% | rising |
| 113 | Bahrain | 4,326 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 114 | Comoros | 4,119 | 2022 | up 80.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4,079 | 2009 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 116 | Cyprus | 3,968 | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 117 | Timor-Leste | 3,471 | 2020 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 118 | Bhutan | 3,209 | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Luxembourg | 2,907 | 2024 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 120 | Suriname | 2,842 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 121 | Guyana | 2,840 | 2012 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 122 | Maldives | 2,820 | 2022 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 123 | Malta | 2,121 | 2024 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 124 | Cape Verde | 1,853 | 2022 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 125 | Djibouti | 1,849 | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 126 | Solomon Islands | 1,794 | 2019 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 127 | Belize | 1,707 | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 128 | Iceland | 1,528 | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 129 | Macau, China | 1,453 | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 130 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,427 | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 131 | Bahamas | 948 | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 132 | Sao Tome and Principe | 856 | 2017 | up 339.0% | rising |
| 133 | Barbados | 621 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 134 | Saint Lucia | 619 | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 499 | 2012 | up 82.8% | rising |
| 136 | Kiribati | 480 | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 137 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 473 | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 138 | Grenada | 438 | 2018 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 139 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 423 | 2010 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 140 | Andorra | 417 | 2012 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 141 | Samoa | 412 | 2010 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 142 | Bermuda | 338 | 2016 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 143 | Dominica | 277 | 2016 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 144 | Liechtenstein | 264 | 2021 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 145 | Monaco | 251 | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 146 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 240 | 2012 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 147 | Marshall Islands | 200 | 2024 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Cayman Islands | 191 | 2024 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 149 | British Virgin Islands | 145 | 2011 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 150 | San Marino | 144 | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 151 | Gibraltar | 87 | 2017 | down 43.9% | flat |
| 152 | Tuvalu | 73 | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 153 | Cook Islands | 42 | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 154 | Tokelau | 25 | 2025 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 155 | Naoero | 22 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 156 | Montserrat | 16 | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Niue | 7 | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 22.46 million
- UIS: World 22.46 million
- MDG: World 22.46 million
- WB: World 22.46 million
- UNICEF: World 22.43 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 19.17 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 18.88 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 18.46 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 17.54 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 17.36 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 15.04 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 13.36 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 11.67 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 9.07 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 8.66 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 8.03 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 7.95 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 7.47 million
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 6.88 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 6.26 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 6.24 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 6.24 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 6.24 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 6.15 million
- AIMS: East Asia 6.13 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 5.87 million
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 5.82 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 5.77 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 5.76 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 5.72 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 5.41 million
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 5.06 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 5.03 million
- MDG: Developed Regions 4.93 million
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 4.84 million
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 4.83 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 4.65 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 4.65 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 4.65 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 4.65 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release