Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes was 2.01 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2019, teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 2.01 million number.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 2.08 million number in 2016 and was at its lowest, 481,083 number, in 1971.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 24th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 481,083 number | — |
| 1972 | 538,962 number | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 566,392 number | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 682,532 number | +20.5% |
| 1975 | 718,203 number | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 789,170 number | +9.9% |
| 1977 | 853,656 number | +8.2% |
| 1978 | 882,165 number | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 1.31 million number | +48.8% |
| 1980 | 1.33 million number | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 1.36 million number | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 1.39 million number | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 1.41 million number | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 1.43 million number | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 1.05 million number | -26.4% |
| 1986 | 1.51 million number | +42.8% |
| 1987 | 1.56 million number | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 1.59 million number | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 1.68 million number | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 1.67 million number | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 1.63 million number | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 1.73 million number | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 1.73 million number | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.70 million number | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 1.75 million number | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 1.74 million number | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 1.75 million number | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.80 million number | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 1.68 million number | -6.6% |
| 2000 | 1.76 million number | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 1.79 million number | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 1.88 million number | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 1.93 million number | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 1.95 million number | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 1.98 million number | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 1.88 million number | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 1.80 million number | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 1.88 million number | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 1.90 million number | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 1.93 million number | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 1.96 million number | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1.98 million number | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 2.01 million number | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 2.06 million number | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 2.07 million number | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2.08 million number | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 2.03 million number | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 2.03 million number | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 2.01 million number | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +48.8% | 882,165 number | 1.31 million number |
| 1986 | +42.8% | 1.05 million number | 1.51 million number |
| 1985 | -26.4% | 1.43 million number | 1.05 million number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 758,344 number | 481,083 number | 1.31 million number | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.43 million number | 1.05 million number | 1.68 million number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.72 million number | 1.63 million number | 1.80 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.87 million number | 1.76 million number | 1.98 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.02 million number | 1.93 million number | 2.08 million number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 2.01 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.08 million number in 2016.
- What is the lowest teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 481,083 number in 1971.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 24th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.