Teachers in primary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): Teachers in primary education, male was 2.74 million in 2024. β² Rising
Teachers in primary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for teachers in primary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) is 2.74 million, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 2.91 million in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.28 million, in 1971.
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 35th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.52 million | 1.28 million | 2.30 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.75 million | 1.53 million | 1.97 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.19 million | 2.00 million | 2.32 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.44 million | 2.30 million | 2.64 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.77 million | 2.58 million | 2.91 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.71 million | 2.68 million | 2.74 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
More education data for ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 97.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 84.88 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.0% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 91.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 53.53 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 6.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 101.13 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 139.28 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 72.30 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Teachers in primary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 2.74 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, male recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.91 million in 2016.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, male recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.28 million in 1971.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for teachers in primary education, male?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 35th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in primary education, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release