Teachers in upper secondary education, male (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
151
Highest
1.96 million
India
Lowest
3
Montserrat
Median
7,981
Years covered
55
1971–2025
Data points
8,154
What the numbers show
Teachers in upper secondary education, male (number) is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 1.96 million in India; the lowest is 3 in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,981, and the mean is 55,161.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 621.0%), and the largest decrease in Gibraltar (down 75.6%).
Teachers in upper secondary education, male (number) (upper male): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1.96 million | 2025 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 2 | China | 1.37 million | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 742,838 | 2024 | up 621.0% | volatile |
| 4 | United States | 351,196 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 274,534 | 2025 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 238,773 | 2024 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 222,961 | 2021 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Mexico | 209,712 | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 191,542 | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 191,099 | 2024 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 163,175 | 2025 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 125,428 | 2024 | down 24.3% | flat |
| 13 | Iran | 107,189 | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 14 | Italy | 105,666 | 2019 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 15 | France | 104,808 | 2013 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 87,852 | 2018 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 17 | Kenya | 80,226 | 2023 | up 116.8% | rising |
| 18 | Spain | 78,376 | 2024 | up 18.3% | falling |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 75,471 | 2024 | up 357.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Germany | 74,159 | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 21 | Argentina | 60,547 | 2008 | up 77.9% | rising |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 60,253 | 2024 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 23 | Malaysia | 57,100 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Morocco | 52,648 | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 25 | Nepal | 52,162 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 26 | South Korea | 51,599 | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 27 | Philippines | 50,702 | 2024 | up 173.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Ghana | 49,002 | 2021 | up 96.4% | rising |
| 29 | Cambodia | 47,451 | 2021 | up 579.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Poland | 46,837 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 31 | South Africa | 40,550 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 32 | Thailand | 40,298 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 33 | Sudan | 38,951 | 2018 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 34 | Mali | 38,898 | 2023 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Canada | 36,942 | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 36 | Colombia | 35,310 | 2022 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 37 | Belgium | 33,164 | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 38 | Chile | 27,329 | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 39 | Benin | 27,228 | 2014 | up 517.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Guatemala | 26,284 | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 41 | Senegal | 25,271 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Netherlands | 24,880 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 43 | Angola | 24,703 | 2023 | up 221.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 23,656 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 23,282 | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 22,729 | 2022 | up 178.2% | rising |
| 47 | Tunisia | 22,178 | 2022 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 48 | Ecuador | 21,654 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | 18,246 | 2024 | up 118.0% | rising |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 17,691 | 2024 | up 98.1% | rising |
| 51 | Sweden | 17,594 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 52 | Switzerland | 17,531 | 2018 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 53 | Cuba | 17,225 | 2024 | down 18.3% | flat |
| 54 | Chad | 16,666 | 2023 | up 135.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Hungary | 15,529 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 56 | Syria | 15,484 | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 57 | Czechia | 15,377 | 2012 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 58 | Greece | 15,295 | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 59 | Romania | 14,797 | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 60 | Austria | 13,674 | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 61 | Israel | 13,468 | 2009 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 62 | Portugal | 13,395 | 2015 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 63 | Sierra Leone | 12,878 | 2024 | up 129.3% | rising |
| 64 | Madagascar | 12,344 | 2019 | up 87.4% | rising |
| 65 | Norway | 12,049 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 66 | Denmark | 11,893 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 67 | Rwanda | 11,374 | 2024 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 68 | Burundi | 11,157 | 2020 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 69 | Jordan | 11,052 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 70 | Myanmar | 10,057 | 2018 | up 130.8% | rising |
| 71 | Honduras | 10,017 | 2022 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 72 | Serbia | 9,748 | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 73 | Palestine | 9,010 | 2023 | up 102.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Croatia | 8,733 | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 75 | Kuwait | 8,613 | 2021 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 76 | Finland | 7,981 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 77 | New Zealand | 7,060 | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 78 | Lebanon | 6,838 | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 6,607 | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 6,600 | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 81 | Laos | 6,003 | 2022 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 82 | Liberia | 5,892 | 2020 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 5,813 | 2024 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 84 | Niger | 5,759 | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Belarus | 4,875 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,826 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 87 | Mozambique | 4,710 | 2013 | up 176.2% | rising |
| 88 | Slovakia | 4,673 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 89 | Panama | 4,489 | 2017 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 90 | Mauritania | 4,010 | 2020 | up 158.9% | volatile |
| 91 | El Salvador | 3,759 | 2024 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 92 | Gambia | 3,406 | 2021 | up 155.7% | rising |
| 93 | Comoros | 3,352 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Oman | 3,185 | 2024 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 95 | Qatar | 3,070 | 2024 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 2,679 | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 97 | Eritrea | 2,601 | 2022 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 98 | Albania | 2,525 | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 99 | Fiji | 2,508 | 2024 | up 83.9% | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 2,459 | 2008 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 101 | Georgia | 2,215 | 2024 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 102 | Bhutan | 2,086 | 2024 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Slovenia | 2,045 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 104 | Bahrain | 1,932 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 105 | East Timor | 1,853 | 2020 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 106 | Luxembourg | 1,829 | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 107 | Mongolia | 1,601 | 2006 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 108 | Cyprus | 1,539 | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 109 | Armenia | 1,454 | 2024 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 110 | Lithuania | 1,419 | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 111 | Puerto Rico | 1,400 | 2018 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 112 | Estonia | 1,282 | 2018 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 113 | Djibouti | 1,259 | 2023 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 114 | Moldova | 1,188 | 2024 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 115 | Latvia | 1,139 | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 116 | Brunei | 1,117 | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 117 | Namibia | 1,101 | 2024 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 118 | Malta | 962.46 | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 917 | 2022 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 120 | Iceland | 876 | 2012 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 121 | Montenegro | 699 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 122 | Macao | 672 | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 123 | Suriname | 520 | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 124 | Guyana | 463 | 2012 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 125 | Samoa | 398 | 2022 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 126 | Bahamas | 384 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 127 | Maldives | 315.13 | 2022 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 128 | Belize | 235 | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 129 | Barbados | 216 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 130 | Micronesia (country) | 198 | 2021 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 131 | Kiribati | 188 | 2024 | up 26.2% | flat |
| 132 | Monaco | 126 | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 133 | Saint Lucia | 120 | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 134 | Bermuda | 111 | 2016 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 135 | Marshall Islands | 104 | 2024 | down 31.6% | flat |
| 136 | Grenada | 96 | 2018 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 137 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 90 | 2010 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 138 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 79 | 2012 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 139 | Dominica | 76 | 2016 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 71 | 2012 | up 91.9% | rising |
| 141 | Cayman Islands | 70 | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 142 | Palau | 51 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 143 | Cook Islands | 35 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 144 | British Virgin Islands | 33 | 2011 | up 94.1% | rising |
| 145 | San Marino | 31 | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 146 | Liechtenstein | 30 | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 147 | Gibraltar | 21 | 2017 | down 75.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Tuvalu | 15 | 2025 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 149 | Niue | 13 | 2024 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Nauru | 11 | 2025 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Montserrat | 3 | 2009 | down 25.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 9.11 million
- UIS: World 9.11 million
- MDG: World 9.11 million
- WB: World 9.11 million
- UNICEF: World 9.09 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 7.71 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 7.68 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 7.52 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 7.44 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 6.81 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 5.39 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 5.32 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 5.26 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 4.56 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 3.91 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 3.80 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 3.06 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 3.00 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 2.99 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 2.80 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 2.80 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 2.80 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 2.80 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 2.76 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 2.73 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 2.73 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 2.25 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 2.25 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 2.25 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 2.25 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 2.20 million
- AIMS: East Asia 2.20 million
- WB: South Asia 2.18 million
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 2.18 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 2.10 million
- WB: Ida Total 2.07 million
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 2.04 million
- WB: Oecd Members 1.93 million
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 1.90 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 1.89 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release