Teachers in secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)
ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428): Teachers in secondary education, male was 4.85 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
4.85 million
Change on year
up 3.4%
Rank
25th
of 221 groups
All-time high
4.85 million
in 2024
All-time low
906,278
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
Teachers in secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, teachers in secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) stood at 4.85 million. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 59.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) peaked at 4.85 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 906,278, in 1971.
That places ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 25th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Teachers in secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.65 million | — |
| 1971 | 906,278 | -65.8% |
| 1972 | 948,323 | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 998,564 | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 2.69 million | +169.1% |
| 1975 | 1.04 million | -61.3% |
| 1976 | 1.05 million | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 1.07 million | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 1.09 million | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 2.43 million | +123.7% |
| 1980 | 1.16 million | -52.3% |
| 1981 | 1.19 million | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 1.24 million | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 1.31 million | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 1.36 million | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 2.15 million | +58.1% |
| 1986 | 1.42 million | -34.0% |
| 1987 | 1.42 million | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 1.43 million | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 1.44 million | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 2.00 million | +38.8% |
| 1991 | 2.00 million | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 2.00 million | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 1.77 million | -11.2% |
| 1994 | 1.80 million | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 1.81 million | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 1.82 million | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 1.85 million | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 1.88 million | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 1.78 million | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 1.86 million | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 1.90 million | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 2.06 million | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 2.17 million | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 2.25 million | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 2.48 million | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 2.53 million | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 2.71 million | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 2.92 million | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 3.04 million | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 3.18 million | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 3.23 million | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 3.42 million | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 2.83 million | -17.2% |
| 2014 | 3.04 million | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 3.08 million | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 3.41 million | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 3.45 million | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 3.45 million | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4.16 million | +20.4% |
| 2020 | 4.44 million | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 4.53 million | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 4.65 million | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 4.69 million | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 4.85 million | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.49 million | 906,278 | 2.69 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.41 million | 1.16 million | 2.15 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.87 million | 1.77 million | 2.00 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.39 million | 1.86 million | 3.04 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.32 million | 2.83 million | 4.16 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.63 million | 4.44 million | 4.85 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)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.3% (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, female 66.98 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Teachers in secondary education, male in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) was 4.85 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.85 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest teachers in secondary education, male recorded in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- The lowest recorded value was 906,278 in 1971.
- How does ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) rank for teachers in secondary education, male?
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) ranks 25th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in secondary education, male rising or falling in ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.7%. 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 secondary education, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release