Teachers in pre-primary education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
185
Highest
190,413
India
Lowest
0
Tokelau
Median
148
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
13,373
What the numbers show
Teachers in pre-primary education, male (number) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 190,413 in India; the lowest is 0 in Tokelau.
The median across all reporting countries is 148, and the mean is 3,821.
Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Iran (up 9,690.0%), and the largest decrease in Congo (down 100.0%).
Teachers in pre-primary education, male (number) (pre-primary male): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 190,413 | 2025 | up 327.1% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 81,240 | 2024 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 3 | Thailand | 44,134 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 40,413 | 2002 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 40,121 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 6 | Germany | 24,091 | 2024 | up 164.4% | volatile |
| 7 | France | 21,350 | 2013 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 8 | Venezuela | 20,020 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Liberia | 16,081 | 2022 | up 140.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Turkey | 14,226 | 2023 | up 293.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Indonesia | 14,192 | 2025 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 12,762 | 2024 | up 205.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Brazil | 10,863 | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Guatemala | 10,182 | 2024 | up 391.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Mexico | 9,596 | 2023 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Kenya | 9,473 | 2023 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Madagascar | 7,301 | 2024 | up 383.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Spain | 7,231 | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Philippines | 7,054 | 2024 | up 365.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Algeria | 6,753 | 2025 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Japan | 6,235 | 1997 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 22 | South Africa | 6,196 | 2014 | up 139.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Tanzania | 5,018 | 2024 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 4,845 | 2023 | up 111.3% | rising |
| 25 | Papua New Guinea | 4,826 | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Ghana | 4,658 | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Canada | 4,252 | 1996 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 28 | Netherlands | 3,898 | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Uganda | 3,780 | 2017 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 30 | Sudan | 3,763 | 2019 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 3,750 | 2024 | up 280.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Senegal | 3,617 | 2023 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Argentina | 2,858 | 2008 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2,821 | 2023 | up 421.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Malaysia | 2,816 | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Morocco | 2,679 | 2022 | down 77.3% | falling |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 2,659 | 2025 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 2,493 | 2023 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Ecuador | 2,192 | 2024 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Italy | 2,104 | 2024 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Peru | 2,091 | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Poland | 2,032 | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 43 | Iran | 1,958 | 2005 | up 9,690.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Benin | 1,944 | 2021 | up 125.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Rwanda | 1,849 | 2024 | up 100.8% | rising |
| 46 | Belgium | 1,754 | 2023 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Nepal | 1,650 | 2025 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Norway | 1,572 | 2024 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 49 | Colombia | 1,571 | 2022 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 50 | Denmark | 1,464 | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Sweden | 1,387 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 52 | Guinea | 1,361 | 2020 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Gambia | 1,314 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 54 | Burkina Faso | 1,313 | 2024 | up 227.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Ukraine | 1,292 | 2024 | down 37.9% | rising |
| 56 | Ireland | 1,039 | 1997 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 57 | South Korea | 997 | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Austria | 779.34 | 2024 | up 189.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 721.03 | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Finland | 710 | 2024 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 61 | Paraguay | 708 | 2012 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Cameroon | 691 | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Sierra Leone | 664 | 2024 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Tunisia | 628 | 2023 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Bolivia | 564 | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 66 | Switzerland | 559 | 2024 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 67 | Vietnam | 544 | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Togo | 512 | 2024 | up 184.4% | volatile |
| 69 | New Zealand | 478 | 2024 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 474 | 2024 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 71 | Cote d'Ivoire | 452 | 2024 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Mongolia | 449 | 2024 | up 377.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Mali | 423 | 2023 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Chile | 414.12 | 2024 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Burundi | 414 | 2025 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Belarus | 338 | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 77 | Greece | 334 | 2023 | up 94.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Egypt | 318 | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Hong Kong | 317 | 2024 | up 84.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Serbia | 306 | 2024 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 81 | Iceland | 291 | 2023 | up 70.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Panama | 286 | 2017 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Moldova | 272 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Solomon Islands | 260 | 2019 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 85 | United Arab Emirates | 244 | 2024 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Cambodia | 231 | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Lebanon | 215 | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 167 | 2024 | up 279.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Portugal | 161 | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Jamaica | 159 | 2024 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 91 | El Salvador | 155 | 2024 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 150.91 | 2024 | up 155.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Croatia | 148 | 2023 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Namibia | 148 | 2024 | up 214.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Chad | 138 | 2024 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 136 | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Hungary | 135 | 2024 | up 154.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Puerto Rico | 120 | 2018 | down 90.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Czechia | 109 | 2012 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Romania | 104 | 2023 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | 97 | 2010 | up 86.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Niger | 95 | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Lithuania | 92 | 2024 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Eritrea | 90 | 2022 | up 291.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Libya | 90 | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Latvia | 81 | 2024 | up 179.3% | rising |
| 107 | Botswana | 80 | 2022 | up 142.4% | rising |
| 108 | Honduras | 70 | 2024 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Slovenia | 69 | 2023 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Slovakia | 66 | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Lesotho | 62 | 2017 | up 226.3% | volatile |
| 112 | East Timor | 56 | 2020 | up 700.0% | rising |
| 113 | Vanuatu | 53 | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Brunei | 50 | 2024 | up 56.2% | falling |
| 115 | Djibouti | 49 | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Reunion | 49 | 1987 | up 1,533.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Laos | 48 | 2025 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Myanmar | 42 | 2018 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Bhutan | 40 | 2024 | up 1,233.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 39 | 2016 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Sao Tome and Principe | 38 | 2015 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Martinique | 38 | 1996 | up 216.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Marshall Islands | 37 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 123 | Yemen | 37 | 2016 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 125 | Oman | 34 | 2024 | up 277.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 126 | Micronesia (country) | 28 | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 128 | Estonia | 25 | 2011 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 128 | Nicaragua | 25 | 2023 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Armenia | 23 | 2024 | up 187.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Macao | 23 | 2024 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Sri Lanka | 22 | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Syria | 22 | 2024 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Barbados | 16 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 135 | Cyprus | 16 | 2023 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Fiji | 16 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 138 | North Macedonia | 15 | 2012 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Guyana | 13 | 2024 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | 13 | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Maldives | 10.92 | 2024 | up 991.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Belize | 10 | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Jordan | 9 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Kuwait | 9 | 2021 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Israel | 8 | 1978 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 145 | Monaco | 8 | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Qatar | 8 | 2024 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Somalia | 8 | 1986 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Malta | 7.5 | 2024 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Bahrain | 7 | 2024 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Cayman Islands | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 150 | Suriname | 7 | 2021 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Samoa | 7 | 2023 | down 58.8% | rising |
| 154 | Mauritius | 6 | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Aruba | 5 | 2015 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Andorra | 5 | 2024 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 155 | San Marino | 5 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 158 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Guadeloupe | 3 | 1993 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Bahamas | 2 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Gibraltar | 2 | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Grenada | 2 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 163 | American Samoa | 1 | 1992 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Nauru | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Palau | 1 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Seychelles | 1 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Tonga | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | 1987 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Congo | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Cuba | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Dominica | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Iraq | 0 | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Palestine | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 0 | 1996 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Singapore | 0 | 1989 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 170 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Anguilla | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Montserrat | 0 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Tokelau | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 925,264
- UIS: World 925,264
- WB: World 925,264
- MDG: World 925,262
- UNICEF: World 924,822
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 802,142
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 801,666
- MDG: Developing Regions 792,077
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 779,854
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 721,698
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 573,869
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 559,529
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 510,591
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 498,620
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 491,827
- WB: Ibrd Only 462,317
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 392,343
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 387,573
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 383,824
- AIMS: South and West Asia 381,094
- MDG: Southern Asia 381,094
- SDG: Southern Asia 381,094
- UIS: South and West Asia 381,094
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 377,345
- UNICEF: South Asia 377,345
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 332,771
- WB: Ida Total 331,925
- WB: South Asia 306,317
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 306,317
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 302,395
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 243,880
- GPE: Region 3 239,416
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 221,146
- WB: Ida Only 204,010
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 200,662
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 200,662
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 175,136
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 167,186
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 166,846
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 166,737
About this data
February 2026 Data Release