Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes was 1.72 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 1.72 million number for teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in 2019. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 1.72 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 295,128 number, in 1971.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 23rd out of 45 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 295,128 number | — |
| 1972 | 334,380 number | +13.3% |
| 1973 | 371,986 number | +11.2% |
| 1974 | 423,746 number | +13.9% |
| 1975 | 454,611 number | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 494,564 number | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 535,935 number | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 555,905 number | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 896,989 number | +61.4% |
| 1980 | 914,617 number | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 920,995 number | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 948,445 number | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 965,304 number | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 986,174 number | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 664,669 number | -32.6% |
| 1986 | 1.02 million number | +53.0% |
| 1987 | 1.02 million number | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 1.03 million number | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 964,888 number | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 1.01 million number | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 1.06 million number | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 999,532 number | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 1.02 million number | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 1.09 million number | +6.8% |
| 1995 | 1.06 million number | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 1.14 million number | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 1.15 million number | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 1.20 million number | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 1.32 million number | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 1.30 million number | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.17 million number | -10.3% |
| 2002 | 1.14 million number | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 1.22 million number | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 1.31 million number | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 1.36 million number | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 1.33 million number | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 1.31 million number | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 1.40 million number | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 1.42 million number | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 1.47 million number | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 1.51 million number | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1.53 million number | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 1.55 million number | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 1.63 million number | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 1.63 million number | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1.65 million number | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.68 million number | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.70 million number | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.72 million number | +1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +61.4% | 555,905 number | 896,989 number |
| 1986 | +53.0% | 664,669 number | 1.02 million number |
| 1985 | -32.6% | 986,174 number | 664,669 number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 484,805 number | 295,128 number | 896,989 number | 9 |
| 1980s | 942,797 number | 664,669 number | 1.03 million number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.11 million number | 999,532 number | 1.32 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.30 million number | 1.14 million number | 1.42 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.61 million number | 1.47 million number | 1.72 million number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 1.72 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.72 million number in 2019.
- What is the lowest teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 295,128 number in 1971.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 23rd out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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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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.