Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes (number) in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418): Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes (number) was 59,840 in 1993. ▲ Rising
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418), 1973–1993
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) is 59,840, measured in 1993. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 43.9% on the previous year and up 94.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) peaked at 59,840 in 1993 and was at its lowest, 24,176, in 1973.
ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) ranks 195th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes (number) in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 24,176 | — |
| 1974 | 26,246 | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 27,604 | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 28,783 | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 29,398 | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 30,480 | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 30,746 | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 30,984 | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 30,945 | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 30,786 | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 30,788 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 31,583 | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 32,337 | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 33,879 | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 35,638 | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 36,556 | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 37,208 | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 41,000 | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 41,895 | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 41,574 | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 59,840 | +43.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes (number) in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +43.9% | 41,574 | 59,840 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28,205 | 24,176 | 30,746 | 7 |
| 1980s | 33,070 | 30,786 | 37,208 | 10 |
| 1990s | 46,078 | 41,000 | 59,840 | 4 |
More education data for ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3338 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.35 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3077 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3213 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 626,154 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 158,454 (1993)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 149,781 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.3324 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) was 59,840 in 1993, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- The highest recorded value was 59,840 in 1993.
- What is the lowest teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,176 in 1973.
- How does ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) rank for teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) ranks 195th out of 221 groups with data for 1993.
- Is teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release