Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in OECD members
OECD members: Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes was 4.13 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in OECD members, 1992–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
OECD members recorded 4.13 million number for teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in 2019. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in OECD members peaked at 4.13 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.29 million number, in 1992.
That places OECD members 15th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in OECD members, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3.29 million number | — |
| 1993 | 3.41 million number | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 3.46 million number | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 3.45 million number | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 3.45 million number | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 3.46 million number | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 3.53 million number | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 3.64 million number | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 3.70 million number | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 3.74 million number | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 3.89 million number | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 3.92 million number | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 3.92 million number | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 3.95 million number | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 3.95 million number | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 3.98 million number | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 3.98 million number | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 3.99 million number | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4.00 million number | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 3.95 million number | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 3.91 million number | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 3.95 million number | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 4.02 million number | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 4.07 million number | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 4.12 million number | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 4.13 million number | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 4.11 million number | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 4.13 million number | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.46 million number | 3.29 million number | 3.64 million number | 8 |
| 2000s | 3.90 million number | 3.70 million number | 3.99 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.04 million number | 3.91 million number | 4.13 million number | 10 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More education data for OECD members
- Population ages 0-14 16.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6.28 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 6.28 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.9% (2024)
- Labor force, total, per capita 0.5063 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in OECD members?
- Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes in OECD members was 4.13 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 4.13 million number in 2019.
- What is the lowest teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.29 million number in 1992.
- How does OECD members rank for teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes?
- OECD members ranks 15th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members 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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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.