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Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes (number) by country

Total number of teachers in public and private upper secondary education institutions (ISCED 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e....

Countries reporting
134
Highest
2.76 million number
China (People’s Republic of)
Lowest
60 number
Gibraltar
Median
19,952 number
Years covered
49
1971–2019
Data points
2,952

What the numbers show

Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 134 countries. The highest value is 2.76 million number in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 60 number in Gibraltar.

The median across all reporting countries is 19,952 number, and the mean is 104,755 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 46,056.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 796.1%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 69.8%).

Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China (People’s Republic of) 2.76 million number 2019 down 0.1% rising
2 India 2.74 million number 2019 up 27.1% rising
3 United States 824,560 number 2017 — rising
4 Indonesia 747,167 number 2018 up 14.2% rising
5 Brazil 617,360 number 2018 up 4.9% rising
6 Japan 356,309 number 2018 up 3.7% falling
7 Türkiye 347,969 number 2018 up 82.1% rising
8 Egypt 288,660 number 2019 up 4.2% rising
9 Italy 287,278 number 2018 up 10.5% falling
10 Mexico 273,545 number 2012 up 24.6% rising
11 Nigeria 229,486 number 2010 up 219.7% rising
12 United Kingdom 219,103 number 2018 down 1.9% falling
13 France 216,060 number 2018 down 11.4% falling
14 Bangladesh 213,674 number 2019 up 19.1% rising
15 Pakistan 206,821 number 2018 up 101.8% rising
16 Germany 173,852 number 2018 down 7.6% flat
17 Argentina 170,708 number 2008 up 73.1% rising
18 Spain 154,210 number 2018 up 58.8% falling
19 Iran, Islamic Republic of 151,523 number 2017 — rising
20 Kenya 144,009 number 2016 up 164.9% rising
21 Canada 141,968 number 2018 down 1.4% rising
22 Poland 141,953 number 2018 down 11.9% falling
23 Korea 127,560 number 2018 up 8.5% rising
24 Saudi Arabia 115,126 number 2019 down 3.2% rising
25 Thailand 110,275 number 2019 up 27.9% rising
26 Uzbekistan 99,320 number 2017 up 9.1% rising
27 Philippines 96,598 number 2018 up 77.9% rising
28 Belgium 82,714 number 2018 up 2.4% flat
29 Sri Lanka 73,934 number 2018 up 3.5% flat
30 Morocco 72,458 number 2019 up 53.0% rising
31 Sudan 71,552 number 2017 up 29.0% rising
32 Nepal 64,237 number 2019 up 122.3% volatile
33 Malaysia 61,918 number 2004 up 41.3% rising
34 Ghana 59,840 number 2019 up 130.7% rising
35 Chile 56,853 number 2018 up 28.1% rising
36 Netherlands 56,132 number 2018 up 4.3% rising
37 Romania 55,412 number 2018 down 18.0% falling
38 Colombia 54,286 number 2017 down 15.6% rising
39 Guatemala 53,101 number 2019 up 137.4% volatile
40 Tunisia 49,872 number 2018 up 4.2% rising
41 Ecuador 48,738 number 2018 up 46.2% rising
42 Syrian Arab Republic 48,572 number 2013 up 34.5% rising
43 Myanmar 47,201 number 2018 up 103.5% rising
44 Cuba 43,373 number 2019 up 2.1% rising
45 Portugal 42,674 number 2018 down 7.9% falling
46 Israel 42,128 number 2009 up 20.4% rising
47 Hungary 40,996 number 2016 down 13.1% falling
48 Sweden 38,140 number 2018 down 5.5% falling
49 Dominican Republic 37,828 number 2019 up 84.3% rising
50 Czechia 36,984 number 2013 down 30.9% falling
51 Greece 36,658 number 2018 down 17.2% flat
52 Afghanistan 33,600 number 2018 up 262.1% rising
53 Switzerland 31,969 number 2018 up 5.8% flat
54 Serbia 30,940 number 2019 up 8.5% rising
55 Benin 30,039 number 2014 up 591.8% volatile
56 Austria 29,653 number 2017 up 1.2% falling
57 Croatia 28,457 number 2018 up 16.4% rising
58 Norway 27,901 number 2018 — flat
59 Denmark 27,196 number 2018 — rising
60 Mali 24,036 number 2017 up 109.4% rising
61 Jordan 23,581 number 2019 up 47.2% rising
62 Honduras 23,467 number 2019 up 29.3% rising
63 Belarus 22,258 number 2018 down 17.6% falling
64 Madagascar 21,620 number 2018 up 136.6% rising
65 Bulgaria 21,467 number 2018 down 28.1% falling
66 Lebanon 21,248 number 2016 down 2.0% flat
67 Georgia 20,511 number 2019 down 11.0% flat
68 Kuwait 19,392 number 2019 up 40.2% rising
69 Finland 19,350 number 2018 down 19.2% rising
70 New Zealand 19,105 number 2018 up 3.6% rising
71 Ethiopia 18,220 number 2015 up 27.1% rising
72 Palestine, State of 16,721 number 2019 up 132.0% rising
73 Slovak Republic 16,575 number 2018 down 26.7% falling
74 Costa Rica 15,560 number 2019 up 95.0% rising
75 Burundi 14,669 number 2019 up 796.1% volatile
76 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13,936 number 2019 up 115.3% rising
77 Burkina Faso 13,308 number 2019 up 131.6% rising
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12,551 number 2019 up 7.3% rising
79 Panama 10,071 number 2017 up 43.2% rising
80 Sierra Leone 9,841 number 2019 up 123.7% rising
81 Chad 9,772 number 2018 up 60.8% rising
82 Cambodia 9,628 number 2007 up 119.6% rising
83 Oman 9,231 number 2019 up 19.3% volatile
84 Albania 9,003 number 2019 up 11.9% rising
85 Uruguay 8,231 number 2010 up 32.3% rising
86 Lithuania 8,128 number 2018 down 31.9% falling
87 El Salvador 7,827 number 2018 up 15.9% rising
88 North Macedonia 7,563 number 2018 up 15.4% rising
89 Niger 7,488 number 2018 up 320.2% volatile
90 Latvia 6,567 number 2018 down 28.2% falling
91 Slovenia 6,131 number 2018 down 23.1% falling
92 Republic of Moldova 6,125 number 2019 down 28.6% falling
93 Mozambique 5,888 number 2013 up 181.3% rising
94 Mongolia 5,412 number 2006 up 33.9% rising
95 Puerto Rico 5,274 number 2018 down 69.8% falling
96 Bahrain 5,156 number 2019 up 20.2% rising
97 Qatar 4,784 number 2019 up 26.8% rising
98 Mauritania 4,491 number 2019 up 157.5% volatile
99 Estonia 4,235 number 2018 down 30.5% falling
100 Nicaragua 4,196 number 2010 up 29.5% rising
101 Brunei Darussalam 3,800 number 2019 up 79.5% rising
102 Cyprus 3,721 number 2018 up 15.5% rising
103 Comoros 3,332 number 2018 up 154.4% volatile
104 Senegal 3,297 number 2004 up 28.5% rising
105 Luxembourg 3,263 number 2018 up 4.4% flat
106 Eritrea 3,114 number 2018 up 20.9% rising
107 Gambia 2,802 number 2019 up 90.7% rising
108 Bhutan 2,683 number 2018 up 217.9% volatile
109 Timor-Leste 2,559 number 2019 up 131.4% rising
110 Malta 2,364 number 2017 up 324.4% rising
111 Montenegro 1,951 number 2019 down 16.3% falling
112 Iceland 1,859 number 2012 up 20.7% rising
113 Suriname 1,730 number 2015 up 29.7% rising
114 Macau, China 1,452 number 2019 up 33.0% rising
115 Cape Verde 1,412 number 2018 up 0.2% rising
116 Guyana 1,395 number 2012 up 54.8% rising
117 Bahamas 1,076 number 2018 down 14.9% rising
118 Djibouti 1,044 number 2019 up 94.1% rising
119 Samoa 1,035 number 2019 up 22.3% rising
120 Maldives 744 number 2019 — volatile
121 Antigua and Barbuda 701 number 2015 up 43.9% volatile
122 Belize 641 number 2019 up 24.5% rising
123 Barbados 547 number 2019 — falling
124 Saint Lucia 432 number 2019 up 21.7% rising
125 Bermuda 334 number 2016 down 12.1% rising
126 Dominica 279 number 2016 up 34.1% rising
127 Grenada 275 number 2018 up 14.6% rising
128 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 257 number 2010 up 114.2% rising
129 Kiribati 250 number 2008 down 12.0% falling
130 Saint Kitts and Nevis 208 number 2012 up 35.9% rising
131 Cayman Islands 153 number 2018 down 12.6% rising
132 British Virgin Islands 94 number 2011 up 91.8% rising
133 Liechtenstein 65 number 2018 up 25.0% rising
134 Gibraltar 60 number 2017 down 60.5% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
179 places, 2,952 data points, 1971–2019
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Total number of teachers in public and private upper secondary education institutions (ISCED 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.