Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
183
Highest
1.66 million
India
Lowest
34
Dominica
Median
11,877
Years covered
56
1970β2025
Data points
14,938
What the numbers show
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 1.66 million in India; the lowest is 34 in Dominica.
The median across all reporting countries is 11,877, and the mean is 69,109.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 48,946.
Over the past decade 130 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 1,591.2%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 84.0%).
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1.66 million | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 2 | China (Peopleβs Republic of) | 1.61 million | 2011 | up 172.9% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 1.58 million | 2017 | β | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 562,090 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 5 | Mexico | 490,309 | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 480,260 | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 448,641 | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 296,495 | 2023 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Korea | 231,284 | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Iran | 230,289 | 2020 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Russia | 216,103 | 2024 | down 66.8% | rising |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 204,932 | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 201,053 | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 14 | TΓΌrkiye | 184,566 | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Canada | 173,685 | 2016 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 16 | Philippines | 167,296 | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Venezuela | 164,903 | 2009 | up 207.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Colombia | 161,159 | 2022 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Pakistan | 160,434 | 2024 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Ukraine | 158,978 | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 21 | Mongolia | 150,282 | 2024 | up 1,591.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Egypt | 149,359 | 2025 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Argentina | 142,283 | 2009 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Italy | 116,947 | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 113,786 | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 26 | France | 109,827 | 2013 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 27 | Thailand | 99,994 | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Malaysia | 97,849 | 2024 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Poland | 96,719 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 30 | Vietnam | 86,068 | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Netherlands | 84,762 | 2024 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 32 | Algeria | 78,997 | 2024 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 33 | Nigeria | 66,975 | 2011 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Austria | 65,299 | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 64,094 | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Guatemala | 63,693 | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 37 | Cuba | 61,590 | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 51,065 | 2024 | up 120.4% | rising |
| 39 | Portugal | 47,042 | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Lebanon | 45,916 | 2014 | up 130.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 43,764 | 2025 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 42 | Switzerland | 43,474 | 2024 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 43 | Israel | 43,070 | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 42,386 | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Sweden | 41,172 | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 46 | Norway | 39,089 | 2024 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 32,917 | 2024 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Ecuador | 32,858 | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Belgium | 31,960 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 50 | Hungary | 30,618 | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 51 | Jamaica | 28,500 | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27,939 | 2024 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Australia | 27,442 | 1992 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 27,099 | 1994 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 55 | Denmark | 26,917 | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 56 | Romania | 26,649 | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 57 | Georgia | 26,461 | 2025 | up 47.0% | flat |
| 58 | Myanmar | 26,244 | 2018 | up 146.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Belarus | 25,026 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 60 | Ethiopia | 24,252 | 2014 | up 404.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 24,057 | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 62 | Uruguay | 23,428 | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 63 | Tunisia | 22,410 | 2012 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Kyrgyzstan | 22,120 | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 65 | Ghana | 21,721 | 2024 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 21,326 | 2024 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 21,098 | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 20,267 | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 69 | Greece | 20,240 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 70 | Iraq | 19,231 | 2005 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Croatia | 19,176 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 72 | Afghanistan | 18,920 | 2020 | up 466.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Cambodia | 18,005 | 2024 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Finland | 17,931 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 75 | Czechia | 16,426 | 2013 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 15,933 | 2017 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 77 | Armenia | 15,715 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 78 | Libya | 15,711 | 2003 | β | volatile |
| 79 | New Zealand | 15,678 | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 80 | Senegal | 15,637 | 2024 | up 187.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Lithuania | 14,987 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 82 | Singapore | 14,115 | 2023 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Mozambique | 14,104 | 2018 | up 437.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 13,624 | 2023 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Panama | 13,102 | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Ireland | 12,609 | 2010 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 87 | Jordan | 12,583 | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Serbia | 12,574 | 2024 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 89 | Nepal | 12,082 | 2024 | β | volatile |
| 90 | Syria | 12,000 | 2015 | β | volatile |
| 91 | Angola | 11,947 | 2024 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 92 | El Salvador | 11,877 | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 93 | Slovak Republic | 11,789 | 2024 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 94 | Honduras | 11,514 | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | 10,818 | 2024 | up 162.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,588 | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 97 | Puerto Rico | 10,122 | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 98 | Albania | 9,862 | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 9,565 | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 100 | Slovenia | 9,485 | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 101 | Palestine | 9,395 | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 102 | Laos | 8,756 | 2020 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Tanzania | 8,625 | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 8,248 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 105 | Cameroon | 7,670 | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Yemen | 7,356 | 2007 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 107 | Oman | 7,163 | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Latvia | 6,571 | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 109 | Hong Kong (China) | 6,504 | 1994 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 110 | Zimbabwe | 6,460 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 111 | Madagascar | 6,097 | 2023 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Uganda | 5,724 | 2011 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Niger | 5,512 | 2019 | up 315.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Moldova | 5,158 | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 115 | Togo | 4,872 | 2021 | up 84.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Burundi | 4,815 | 2025 | up 137.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Estonia | 4,794 | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 118 | Chad | 4,757 | 2020 | up 100.5% | volatile |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 4,496 | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 120 | Congo | 4,493 | 2017 | up 284.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Namibia | 4,172 | 2022 | up 137.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Rwanda | 4,023 | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3,692 | 2020 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Cyprus | 3,669 | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Botswana | 3,247 | 2023 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Macao | 3,008 | 2024 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 127 | Iceland | 2,997 | 2023 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Guinea | 2,847 | 2023 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Malta | 2,826 | 2024 | up 85.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Benin | 2,672 | 2018 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Qatar | 2,649 | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Kuwait | 2,165 | 2004 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 133 | Bahrain | 2,137 | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Liberia | 2,028 | 2012 | up 162.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Luxembourg | 1,723 | 2024 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,720 | 2004 | up 268.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritius | 1,710 | 2024 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Grenada | 1,621 | 2018 | β | volatile |
| 139 | Montenegro | 1,522 | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 140 | Cape Verde | 1,461 | 2018 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Sierra Leone | 1,198 | 2002 | up 99.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Lesotho | 1,097 | 2018 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Zambia | 996 | 1987 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Mali | 963 | 2000 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 145 | Brunei | 951 | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Malawi | 897 | 2011 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 147 | Somalia | 817 | 1987 | up 152.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Bhutan | 788 | 2023 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Barbados | 786 | 2007 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 150 | Eritrea | 726 | 2016 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Eswatini | 712 | 2015 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Guyana | 676 | 2012 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 153 | Belize | 661 | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Haiti | 654 | 1986 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 155 | Andorra | 622 | 2024 | up 509.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 459 | 2015 | β | volatile |
| 157 | Mauritania | 448 | 2013 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 158 | Samoa | 441 | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Gambia | 412 | 2012 | up 207.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Suriname | 403 | 2022 | β | flat |
| 161 | Central African Republic | 384 | 2011 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 162 | Fiji | 277 | 1991 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 163 | United States Virgin Islands | 271 | 2007 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 164 | Guam | 260 | 1989 | β | rising |
| 165 | San Marino | 248 | 2024 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 166 | Comoros | 247 | 2014 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Djibouti | 245 | 2011 | up 512.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Saint Lucia | 243 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 169 | Bahamas | 208 | 1995 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 170 | Tonga | 199 | 2024 | β | volatile |
| 171 | Aruba | 139 | 2016 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 172 | Liechtenstein | 125 | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 173 | American Samoa | 105 | 2007 | β | volatile |
| 174 | Monaco | 96 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 174 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96 | 1990 | up 134.1% | rising |
| 176 | Micronesia (country) | 90 | 2000 | β | falling |
| 177 | British Virgin Islands | 76 | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 63 | 1985 | up 173.9% | rising |
| 179 | Seychelles | 58 | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 180 | Bermuda | 55 | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 181 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 42 | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 182 | Cayman Islands | 34 | 2008 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 182 | Dominica | 34 | 1993 | up 100.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: World 14.50 million
- SDG: World 14.50 million
- UIS: World 14.50 million
- WB: World 14.50 million
- UNICEF: World 14.47 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 10.37 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 10.00 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 9.89 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 9.67 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 9.42 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 9.10 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 7.80 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release