Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes (number) (upper) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411): Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes (number) (upper) was 504,103 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) recorded 504,103 for teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 57.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) peaked at 504,103 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 22,779, in 1997.
That places ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 166th out of 211 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes (number) (upper) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 22,779 | — |
| 1998 | 175,310 | +669.6% |
| 1999 | 178,529 | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 185,537 | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 196,715 | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 218,980 | +11.3% |
| 2003 | 230,424 | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 254,769 | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 263,714 | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 257,554 | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 266,650 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 254,773 | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 276,213 | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 308,259 | +11.6% |
| 2011 | 309,834 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 309,963 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 308,259 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 320,352 | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 337,994 | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 382,348 | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 376,360 | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 419,655 | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 435,622 | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 451,861 | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 469,591 | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 483,990 | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 499,063 | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 504,103 | +1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes (number) (upper) in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +669.6% | 22,779 | 175,310 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 125,539 | 22,779 | 178,529 | 3 |
| 2000s | 240,533 | 185,537 | 276,213 | 10 |
| 2010s | 350,865 | 308,259 | 435,622 | 10 |
| 2020s | 481,722 | 451,861 | 504,103 | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.489 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8789 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1417 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) was 504,103 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The highest recorded value was 504,103 in 2024.
- What is the lowest teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,779 in 1997.
- How does ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) rank for teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes?
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 166th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release