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Namibia: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes

3369count · 2017+284.2% since 2001

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 Namibia from 1991 to 2017.

19912017

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20173,369
20163,133
20153,055
20142,954
20131,741
20121,756
20081,204
2006763
2003898
2002931
2001877
1998619
1997510
1991331

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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