Teachers in lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437): Teachers in lower secondary education, male was 2.41 million in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
2.41 million
Change on year
down 1.2%
Rank
21st
of 213 groups
All-time high
2.99 million
in 2002
All-time low
2.41 million
in 2024
Years of data
31
1994–2024

Teachers in lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), 1994–2024

01.0M2.0M3.0M1994200920241994: 2.6M1995: 2.6M1996: 2.7M1997: 2.8M1998: 2.8M1999: 2.9M2000: 2.9M2001: 2.9M2002: 3.0M2003: 2.9M2004: 2.9M2005: 2.9M2006: 2.9M2007: 2.9M2008: 2.9M2009: 2.8M2010: 2.8M2011: 2.7M2012: 2.6M2013: 2.7M2014: 2.6M2015: 2.6M2016: 2.7M2017: 2.6M2018: 2.5M2019: 2.5M2020: 2.5M2021: 2.5M2022: 2.5M2023: 2.4M2024: 2.4M

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) recorded 2.41 million for teachers in lower secondary education, male in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.

The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) peaked at 2.99 million in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2.41 million, in 2024.

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 21st of 213 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.

Teachers in lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), year by year

Annual values for Teachers in lower secondary education, male (number) in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), 1994 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1994 2.56 million
1995 2.57 million +0.4%
1996 2.68 million +4.2%
1997 2.76 million +3.1%
1998 2.84 million +2.9%
1999 2.86 million +0.7%
2000 2.90 million +1.4%
2001 2.89 million -0.5%
2002 2.99 million +3.6%
2003 2.87 million -4.0%
2004 2.91 million +1.3%
2005 2.88 million -0.8%
2006 2.90 million +0.7%
2007 2.88 million -0.8%
2008 2.86 million -0.8%
2009 2.81 million -1.5%
2010 2.82 million +0.4%
2011 2.70 million -4.3%
2012 2.63 million -2.5%
2013 2.66 million +1.1%
2014 2.61 million -1.9%
2015 2.65 million +1.3%
2016 2.67 million +1.0%
2017 2.55 million -4.5%
2018 2.53 million -0.7%
2019 2.50 million -1.2%
2020 2.52 million +0.8%
2021 2.51 million -0.6%
2022 2.48 million -1.2%
2023 2.43 million -1.8%
2024 2.41 million -1.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 2.71 million 2.56 million 2.86 million 6
2000s 2.89 million 2.81 million 2.99 million 10
2010s 2.63 million 2.50 million 2.82 million 10
2020s 2.47 million 2.41 million 2.52 million 5

Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)

  1. 18 Viet Nam 84,444 compare
  2. 19 France 80,507 compare
  3. 20 Saudi Arabia 62,299 compare
  4. 21 Spain 60,861 compare
  5. 22 Colombia 58,985 compare
  6. 23 Morocco 57,147 compare
  7. 24 Benin 53,225 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
Teachers in lower secondary education, male in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) was 2.41 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in lower secondary education, male recorded in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
The highest recorded value was 2.99 million in 2002.
What is the lowest teachers in lower secondary education, male recorded in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
The lowest recorded value was 2.41 million in 2024.
How does ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank for teachers in lower secondary education, male?
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 21st out of 213 groups with data for 2024.
Is teachers in lower secondary education, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in lower secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Teachers in lower secondary education, male (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
367 places, 8,349 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release