Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes (number) by country

Name: Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Countries reporting

141

Highest

3.71 million number

China

Lowest

87 number

Gibraltar

Median

23,018 number

Years covered

1970–2020

Data points

3,093

What the numbers show

Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 141 countries. The highest value is 3.71 million number in China; the lowest is 87 number in Gibraltar.

The median across all reporting countries is 23,018 number, and the mean is 122,277 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 42,661.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 499.9%), and the largest decrease in Gibraltar (down 43.9%).

Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	3.71 million number	2019	up 2.5%	rising
2	India	3.36 million number	2019	up 80.3%	rising
3	Indonesia	889,803 number	2018	up 1.5%	rising
4	United States of America	870,399 number	2017	—	rising
5	Brazil	763,031 number	2018	down 3.0%	rising
6	Pakistan	470,813 number	2019	up 62.9%	rising
7	Germany	413,060 number	2018	up 1.0%	rising
8	Mexico	410,704 number	2012	up 16.7%	rising
9	Türkiye	339,850 number	2018	up 73.0%	rising
10	Philippines	325,226 number	2018	up 156.3%	volatile
11	Egypt	305,385 number	2019	up 12.1%	rising
12	Viet Nam	294,097 number	2019	down 6.2%	rising
13	Japan	280,827 number	2018	up 6.6%	flat
14	Uzbekistan	277,541 number	2017	up 12.5%	rising
15	France	241,852 number	2018	up 2.2%	falling
16	Bangladesh	193,042 number	2019	down 7.1%	rising
17	Italy	173,246 number	2018	down 9.2%	falling
18	Nigeria	160,941 number	2010	up 94.3%	rising
19	Argentina	153,249 number	2008	down 3.7%	falling
20	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	150,037 number	2018	down 1.4%	rising
21	Iran, Islamic Republic of	147,508 number	2017	down 25.5%	falling
22	Spain	139,938 number	2018	down 25.1%	rising
23	Colombia	129,666 number	2017	up 6.9%	rising
24	Ghana	128,074 number	2019	up 74.9%	rising
25	Thailand	119,038 number	2019	down 12.8%	rising
26	Saudi Arabia	117,774 number	2019	down 18.9%	falling
27	Myanmar	106,459 number	2018	up 81.0%	rising
28	Republic of Korea	102,780 number	2018	up 1.0%	rising
29	Ethiopia	88,409 number	2011	up 148.9%	volatile
30	Malaysia	86,906 number	2004	up 28.5%	rising
31	Poland	86,459 number	2018	down 26.9%	falling
32	Morocco	82,730 number	2019	up 37.9%	rising
33	Sri Lanka	81,609 number	2018	up 20.0%	rising
34	Kenya	70,741 number	2015	up 95.2%	rising
35	Romania	68,248 number	2018	down 19.2%	falling
36	Benin	60,400 number	2014	up 499.9%	volatile
37	Madagascar	58,607 number	2018	up 123.7%	rising
38	Afghanistan	58,539 number	2018	up 72.7%	rising
39	Netherlands	58,416 number	2018	down 1.9%	rising
40	Nepal	58,345 number	2019	up 109.1%	rising
41	Belarus	53,577 number	2018	down 8.2%	falling
42	Angola	53,242 number	2016	up 246.1%	volatile
43	Belgium	49,641 number	2018	up 18.9%	rising
44	Burkina Faso	47,092 number	2019	up 276.6%	volatile
45	Guatemala	45,064 number	2019	up 15.2%	rising
46	Austria	44,020 number	2017	up 3.8%	flat
47	Ecuador	42,996 number	2018	down 3.5%	flat
48	Greece	41,847 number	2018	down 0.9%	rising
49	Portugal	39,990 number	2018	down 18.3%	flat
50	Hungary	39,745 number	2016	down 19.0%	falling
51	Tunisia	37,408 number	2018	down 3.8%	rising
52	Cuba	36,323 number	2019	down 16.5%	flat
53	Sweden	36,299 number	2018	down 6.0%	flat
54	Serbia	36,157 number	2019	up 14.1%	rising
55	Jordan	34,236 number	2019	up 20.9%	rising
56	Czechia	32,403 number	2013	down 17.8%	falling
57	Oman	31,801 number	2019	—	volatile
58	Palestine, State of	31,068 number	2019	up 32.6%	rising
59	Switzerland	30,577 number	2018	down 12.0%	falling
60	Israel	30,021 number	2018	up 3.9%	flat
61	Cambodia	29,445 number	2019	up 24.1%	rising
62	Lebanon	28,801 number	2016	up 45.1%	rising
63	Chile	27,644 number	2018	up 16.6%	rising
64	Denmark	26,734 number	2018	—	flat
65	Kuwait	26,722 number	2019	up 53.8%	rising
66	Norway	24,810 number	2018	up 11.1%	rising
67	Lao People's Democratic Republic	24,640 number	2019	up 103.2%	rising
68	Croatia	23,865 number	2018	up 28.0%	rising
69	Mali	23,636 number	2018	up 106.5%	volatile
70	Honduras	23,602 number	2019	up 109.2%	rising
71	Slovakia	23,018 number	2018	down 5.6%	falling
72	Zambia	22,418 number	2014	up 412.9%	volatile
73	Costa Rica	22,268 number	2019	up 26.1%	rising
74	Niger	21,737 number	2018	up 232.2%	volatile
75	Lithuania	21,732 number	2018	down 16.6%	falling
76	United Arab Emirates	20,530 number	2016	up 53.6%	rising
77	Finland	20,341 number	2018	up 6.8%	rising
78	Sierra Leone	19,888 number	2019	up 55.4%	rising
79	Georgia	18,762 number	2019	down 15.1%	falling
80	Mozambique	18,215 number	2013	up 145.6%	volatile
81	Bulgaria	17,318 number	2018	down 20.7%	falling
82	Uruguay	17,159 number	2010	up 17.9%	rising
83	New Zealand	16,952 number	2018	down 0.6%	rising
84	Republic of Moldova	15,716 number	2019	down 23.7%	falling
85	Dominican Republic	15,254 number	2019	up 7.8%	rising
86	Albania	14,934 number	2019	down 6.8%	falling
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14,760 number	2019	up 0.3%	flat
88	Hong Kong, China	14,496 number	2005	—	rising
89	Panama	13,706 number	2017	up 39.7%	rising
90	Senegal	12,979 number	2008	up 272.0%	rising
91	Guinea	12,043 number	2011	up 129.0%	rising
92	Liberia	11,484 number	2017	up 82.3%	rising
93	North Macedonia	11,178 number	2018	up 23.9%	rising
94	El Salvador	11,101 number	2018	down 19.1%	flat
95	Burundi	11,041 number	2019	up 19.3%	rising
96	Nicaragua	10,893 number	2010	up 51.8%	rising
97	Chad	10,366 number	2018	up 44.5%	rising
98	Mongolia	10,287 number	2007	up 17.3%	rising
99	Slovenia	9,060 number	2016	up 13.7%	rising
100	Latvia	7,419 number	2018	down 21.3%	falling
101	Puerto Rico	6,551 number	2018	down 24.7%	falling
102	Comoros	5,538 number	2018	up 143.0%	volatile
103	Gambia	5,307 number	2019	up 91.2%	rising
104	Qatar	5,184 number	2019	up 64.6%	rising
105	Bahrain	4,628 number	2019	up 28.8%	rising
106	Mauritania	4,538 number	2019	up 144.5%	rising
107	Estonia	4,449 number	2018	down 14.1%	falling
108	Eritrea	4,322 number	2018	up 68.0%	rising
109	Bhutan	4,142 number	2020	up 118.8%	volatile
110	Trinidad and Tobago	4,079 number	2009	up 26.1%	rising
111	Timor-Leste	3,382 number	2019	up 47.2%	rising
112	Maldives	3,188 number	2019	up 2.4%	rising
113	Cyprus	3,096 number	2018	down 1.1%	rising
114	Suriname	2,860 number	2019	up 32.1%	rising
115	Guyana	2,840 number	2012	down 6.6%	falling
116	Luxembourg	2,222 number	2018	up 18.0%	rising
117	Cape Verde	2,048 number	2018	up 3.2%	rising
118	Malta	1,961 number	2017	down 32.6%	falling
119	Belize	1,804 number	2019	up 30.7%	rising
120	Djibouti	1,483 number	2020	up 54.6%	rising
121	Brunei Darussalam	1,422 number	2019	down 36.3%	falling
122	Macau, China	1,232 number	2019	up 2.5%	rising
123	Bahamas	1,078 number	2018	down 25.8%	flat
124	Sao Tome and Principe	856 number	2017	up 339.0%	rising
125	Saint Lucia	614 number	2019	down 5.1%	rising
126	Barbados	545 number	2019	—	falling
127	Antigua and Barbuda	499 number	2012	up 82.8%	rising
128	Grenada	438 number	2018	down 28.3%	falling
129	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	423 number	2010	up 48.4%	rising
130	Andorra	417 number	2012	up 0.7%	flat
131	Samoa	412 number	2010	up 20.5%	rising
132	Kiribati	387 number	2017	down 3.2%	rising
133	Bermuda	338 number	2016	down 7.9%	rising
134	Dominica	277 number	2016	up 12.1%	flat
135	Liechtenstein	274 number	2018	down 0.4%	falling
136	Saint Kitts and Nevis	240 number	2012	down 11.1%	flat
137	Monaco	199 number	2020	—	rising
138	Cayman Islands	164 number	2018	up 16.3%	rising
139	San Marino	147 number	2019	up 17.6%	rising
140	British Virgin Islands	145 number	2011	up 43.6%	rising
141	Gibraltar	87 number	2017	down 43.9%	flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

World 20.79 million number
IDA & IBRD total 17.34 million number
Low & middle income 17.20 million number
European Union 1.81 million number
Middle income 16.25 million number
IBRD only 14.22 million number
Upper middle income 8.98 million number
Early-demographic dividend 8.61 million number
Lower middle income 7.27 million number
Late-demographic dividend 7.16 million number
East Asia & Pacific 6.19 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 5.70 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 5.65 million number
South Asia 4.23 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 4.23 million number
Europe & Central Asia 4.22 million number
OECD members 4.13 million number
High income 3.59 million number
Post-demographic dividend 3.42 million number
IDA total 3.15 million number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.55 million number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 2.37 million number
Latin America & Caribbean 2.09 million number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.05 million number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 2.01 million number
IDA only 1.81 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.66 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.66 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.65 million number
Least developed countries 1.55 million number
Pre-demographic dividend 1.47 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.32 million number
Euro area 1.31 million number
IDA blend 1.30 million number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 1.26 million number
Arab World 1.22 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 1.08 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 1.05 million number
Low income 951,786 number
North America 916,734 number

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Indicator: Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 186 places, 3,093 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of teachers in public and private lower secondary education institutions (ISCED 2). 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.