Teachers in primary education, male in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024

GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Teachers in primary education, male was 2.24 million in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
2.24 million
Change on year
down 0.6%
Rank
60th
of 221 groups
All-time high
2.32 million
in 2018
All-time low
751,096
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024

Teachers in primary education, male in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

In 2024, teachers in primary education, male in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 2.24 million.

The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, male in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 2.32 million in 2018 and was at its lowest, 751,096, in 1970.

That places GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 60th 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.

Teachers in primary education, male in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year

Annual values for Teachers in primary education, male (number) in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1970 751,096
1971 776,438 +3.4%
1972 822,511 +5.9%
1973 853,447 +3.8%
1974 880,893 +3.2%
1975 919,870 +4.4%
1976 951,588 +3.4%
1977 983,876 +3.4%
1978 1.11 million +12.5%
1979 1.14 million +2.8%
1980 1.13 million -0.6%
1981 1.16 million +2.7%
1982 1.23 million +5.5%
1983 1.28 million +4.0%
1984 1.31 million +2.4%
1985 1.27 million -3.0%
1986 1.26 million -0.8%
1987 1.28 million +1.8%
1988 1.29 million +0.9%
1989 1.38 million +6.7%
1990 1.33 million -3.7%
1991 1.38 million +4.0%
1992 1.41 million +2.4%
1993 1.47 million +3.9%
1994 1.49 million +1.1%
1995 1.50 million +1.0%
1996 1.53 million +1.7%
1997 1.60 million +5.1%
1998 1.62 million +1.3%
1999 1.64 million +0.8%
2000 1.67 million +1.8%
2001 1.70 million +1.9%
2002 1.71 million +0.6%
2003 1.80 million +5.4%
2004 1.78 million -1.0%
2005 1.82 million +2.3%
2006 1.80 million -1.0%
2007 1.83 million +1.4%
2008 1.83 million +0.2%
2009 1.89 million +2.9%
2010 1.92 million +2.1%
2011 2.04 million +5.9%
2012 2.02 million -0.7%
2013 2.17 million +7.5%
2014 2.22 million +1.9%
2015 2.21 million -0.5%
2016 2.24 million +1.7%
2017 2.27 million +1.1%
2018 2.32 million +2.4%
2019 2.26 million -2.7%
2020 2.21 million -2.1%
2021 2.23 million +1.2%
2022 2.20 million -1.4%
2023 2.25 million +2.3%
2024 2.24 million -0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 918,561 751,096 1.14 million 10
1980s 1.26 million 1.13 million 1.38 million 10
1990s 1.50 million 1.33 million 1.64 million 10
2000s 1.78 million 1.67 million 1.89 million 10
2010s 2.17 million 1.92 million 2.32 million 10
2020s 2.23 million 2.20 million 2.25 million 5

Countries ranked near GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024

  1. 57 Sierra Leone 30,822 compare
  2. 58 Niger 30,305 compare
  3. 59 Haiti 30,053 compare
  4. 60 Rwanda 29,601 compare
  5. 61 Togo 28,542 compare
  6. 62 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 26,401 compare
  7. 63 Guinea 25,935 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in primary education, male in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
Teachers in primary education, male in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 2.24 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in primary education, male recorded in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
The highest recorded value was 2.32 million in 2018.
What is the lowest teachers in primary education, male recorded in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
The lowest recorded value was 751,096 in 1970.
How does GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for teachers in primary education, male?
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 60th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is teachers in primary education, male rising or falling in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 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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Indicator
Teachers in primary education, male (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
433 places, 17,705 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release