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

Name: Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Countries reporting

134

Highest

2.76 million number

China

Lowest

60 number

Gibraltar

Median

19,952 number

Years covered

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; 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 (number) (Teachers): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	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	Turkey	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	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	South 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	Syria	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	16,721 number	2019	up 132.0%	rising
73	Slovakia	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	Laos	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	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	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	East Timor	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	Macao	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

Regions and income groups

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

World 15.73 million number
IDA & IBRD total 12.34 million number
Low & middle income 12.15 million number
Middle income 11.37 million number
IBRD only 10.39 million number
Upper middle income 6.70 million number
Early-demographic dividend 6.67 million number
Late-demographic dividend 4.81 million number
Lower middle income 4.67 million number
East Asia & Pacific 4.37 million number
OECD members 4.00 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 3.87 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.80 million number
High income 3.58 million number
South Asia 3.34 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 3.34 million number
Post-demographic dividend 3.15 million number
Europe & Central Asia 2.95 million number
IDA total 1.96 million number
Latin America & Caribbean 1.82 million number
European Union 1.77 million number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.77 million number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.72 million number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.36 million number
IDA only 1.25 million number
Euro area 1.17 million number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.14 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.12 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.12 million number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.11 million number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.11 million number
Least developed countries 1.09 million number
Arab World 996,743 number
Pre-demographic dividend 988,667 number
North America 925,726 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 866,230 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 849,509 number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 827,546 number
Low income 760,117 number
IDA blend 691,913 number

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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
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

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.