Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Secondary education, teachers

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s secondary education, teachers rose 8.7% on 2023 (from 2.58 million to 2.8 million).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1.3% and a typical year strayed about 2.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.7% in 1987 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.9% in 1986. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 53,353 a year. A straight line explains 78% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 2.75 million for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 156,076, against 268,831 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

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What this measures

Secondary education, teachers refers to the total number of teachers at secondary level, including full-time and part-time teachers.

Limitations: The precision of this indicator can be influenced by the enumeration method used, such as headcount or 'full-time equivalent' count of teachers.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 45 values

Secondary education, teachers in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 88,020 (2023)
• Algeria — 390,587 (2024)
• Bahrain — 8,964 (2024)
• Djibouti — 3,554 (2023)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 507,445 (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 406,399 (2023)
• Jordan — 73,057 (2024)
• Kuwait — 47,443 (2021)
• Lebanon — 45,252 (2023)
• Malta — 4,664 (2024)
• Morocco — 183,432 (2024)

More education data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

• Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 15.66 million (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 906,553 (2024)
• Primary education, teachers (% female) — 82.7% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 28.09 million (2024)
• Secondary education, general pupils — 30.5 million (2018)
• Secondary education, vocational pupils — 6.99 million (2018)

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Questions people ask

What is Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s secondary education, teachers?

2.8 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1980?

It is up 65.18% from 1.7 million in 1980 (1.15% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2.8 million in 2024 and the lowest 1.58 million in 1981.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.TCHR, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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