Teachers in primary education, male (number) in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204): Teachers in primary education, male (number) was 220,432 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Teachers in primary education, male in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) recorded 220,432 for teachers in primary education, male in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, male in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) peaked at 308,960 in 1981 and was at its lowest, 209,194, in 2014.
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 168th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, male (number) in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 233,278 | — |
| 1971 | 300,552 | +28.8% |
| 1972 | 308,566 | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 302,427 | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 303,471 | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 301,185 | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 297,989 | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 298,675 | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 301,794 | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 306,137 | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 307,756 | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 308,960 | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 306,908 | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 291,957 | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 274,877 | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 277,136 | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 278,989 | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 275,102 | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 275,956 | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 264,834 | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 262,473 | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 255,941 | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 246,274 | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 244,731 | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 233,893 | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 230,934 | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 247,415 | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 246,879 | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 245,425 | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 244,851 | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 243,491 | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 236,571 | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 237,074 | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 232,454 | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 231,896 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 231,817 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 229,995 | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 231,283 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 223,472 | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 225,726 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 224,752 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 228,399 | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 221,869 | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 215,145 | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 209,194 | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 210,427 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 210,507 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 210,509 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 211,984 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 214,217 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 214,393 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 218,404 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 220,297 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 220,427 | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 220,432 | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Teachers in primary education, male (number) in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +28.8% | 233,278 | 300,552 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 295,407 | 233,278 | 308,566 | 10 |
| 1980s | 286,248 | 264,834 | 308,960 | 10 |
| 1990s | 245,882 | 230,934 | 262,473 | 10 |
| 2000s | 232,378 | 223,472 | 243,491 | 10 |
| 2010s | 215,700 | 209,194 | 228,399 | 10 |
| 2020s | 218,791 | 214,393 | 220,432 | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
More education data for ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 187,449 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.09 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.83 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.002 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, male in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- Teachers in primary education, male in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) was 220,432 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, male recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The highest recorded value was 308,960 in 1981.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, male recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The lowest recorded value was 209,194 in 2014.
- How does ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) rank for teachers in primary education, male?
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 168th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in primary education, male rising or falling in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in primary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release