Teachers in primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Teachers in primary education, male was 197,633 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1980–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2020, teachers in primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 197,633. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 197,633 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 94,953, in 1980.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 170th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 94,953 | — |
| 1981 | 97,108 | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 99,266 | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 100,761 | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 103,196 | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 105,595 | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 110,081 | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 116,070 | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 115,716 | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 119,447 | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 123,345 | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 128,501 | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 133,221 | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 136,985 | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 142,143 | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 145,910 | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 148,301 | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 150,863 | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 154,635 | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 155,353 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 157,380 | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 163,048 | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 163,256 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 157,892 | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 161,830 | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 164,334 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 165,499 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 164,141 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 166,681 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 166,500 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 166,527 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 170,683 | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 171,921 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 168,581 | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 178,335 | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 181,150 | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 184,987 | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 188,288 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 192,004 | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 194,982 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 197,633 | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 106,219 | 94,953 | 119,447 | 10 |
| 1990s | 141,926 | 123,345 | 155,353 | 10 |
| 2000s | 163,056 | 157,380 | 166,681 | 10 |
| 2010s | 179,746 | 166,527 | 194,982 | 10 |
| 2020s | 197,633 | 197,633 | 197,633 | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.46 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.14 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 907,217 (2016)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Teachers in primary education, male in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 197,633 in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 197,633 in 2020.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, male recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 94,953 in 1980.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for teachers in primary education, male?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 170th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is teachers in primary education, male rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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