Teachers in primary education, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): Teachers in primary education, male was 765,771 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) recorded 765,771 for teachers in primary education, male in 2024.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 820,513 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 330,771, in 1979.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 114th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 364,792 | 330,771 | 406,883 | 10 |
| 1980s | 486,450 | 429,781 | 606,046 | 10 |
| 1990s | 605,963 | 548,830 | 664,387 | 10 |
| 2000s | 702,001 | 671,997 | 740,435 | 10 |
| 2010s | 794,040 | 745,030 | 820,513 | 10 |
| 2020s | 778,611 | 750,986 | 800,267 | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- 111 Panama 4,443 compare
- 112 Botswana 4,309 compare
- 113 Guinea-Bissau 4,201 compare
- 114 Turkmenistan 4,188 compare
- 115 New Zealand 4,092 compare
- 116 Lebanon 3,661 compare
- 117 Timor-Leste 3,372 compare
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 16.59 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 25.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 23.47 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 11.98 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Teachers in primary education, male in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 765,771 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, male recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 820,513 in 2014.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, male recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 330,771 in 1979.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for teachers in primary education, male?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 114th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in primary education, male rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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