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Germany: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes

416,241count · 2018+51.4% since 1997

Total number of teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5-8). 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. Annual figures for Germany from 1993 to 2018.

19932018

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2018416,240.565
2017407,132.063
2016402,410.77
2015396,222.852
2014384,603.963
2013369,749.22
2002277,042
2001272,850
2000274,210
1999271,710
1997274,963
1996270,997
1995302,248
1994281,814
1993279,806

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-teachers-in-tertiary-education-programmes-both-sexes (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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