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Spain: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes

171,869count · 2018+18.0% since 2008

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 Spain from 1972 to 2018.

19772018

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2018171,869
2017167,063
2016164,190
2015157,001
2014153,905
2013151,351
2012155,538
2011153,364
2010155,239
2009151,598
2008145,673
2007144,091
2006146,229
2005144,973
2004140,740
2003136,436
2002133,546
2001119,279
2000107,032
1999107,679
199688,223
199582,234
199480,642
199376,705
199270,410
199165,736
199059,056
198955,504
198852,206
198748,982
198647,504
198547,539
198447,087
198345,689
198244,241
198142,831
198040,976
197937,468
197832,284
197734,100
197629,701
197528,499
197427,909
197326,157
197219,617

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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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