Number of teaching staff in higher education institutions and research
thousand persons / thou. persons
Teaching staff of universities and research centers providing bachelor's, specialist, and master's programs is presented by staff category. Data covers the period from the 2000/2001 to 2024/2025 academic year and indicates the number of employees at the beginning of the academic year. Table rows are categorized by type of teaching staff, allowing for an assessment of the qualitative composition of the higher education workforce. The indicator is measured in thousands of people
Chart of the number of teaching staff from the 2000/2001 to 2024/2025 academic year, thousands of people
See also
- Divorces in Russia by year long time series by year
- Marriages in Russia by year long time series by year
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Set in numbers
The table is a snapshot — 5 series in thousand persons / thou. persons shown across 5 breakdowns. 25 values in total.
“Численность профессорско- преподавательского персонала2) – всего” leads the table with 217 thousand persons / thou. persons, “Численность профессорско- преподавательского персонала2) — профессора” closes it with 19 thousand persons / thou. persons. The gap between them is 11.4-fold.
All table numbers are series: 5
| Series | 2000/2001 | 2010/2011 | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 | 2024/2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Численность профессорско- преподавательского персонала2) – всего | 279,60 | 356,80 | 215,10 | 216,10 | 217,00 |
| Численность профессорско- преподавательского персонала2) — доктора наук | 29,70 | 44,00 | 32,80 | 32,00 | 31,20 |
| Численность профессорско- преподавательского персонала2) — кандидата наук | 131,10 | 185,50 | 124,30 | 123,50 | 122,40 |
| Численность профессорско- преподавательского персонала2) — профессора | 28,80 | 35,80 | 20,20 | 19,30 | 19,00 |
| Численность профессорско- преподавательского персонала2) — доцента | 94,20 | 115,70 | 81,70 | 81,40 | 81,30 |
How to read this table
Rows in this dataset differ by staff category, enabling comparison of the number of teachers with different qualification characteristics. By comparing values across columns, one can track changes in the number of employees in organizations offering bachelor's, specialist, and master's programs. Information is structured by academic year, from 2000/2001 to 2024/2025, providing an overview of the past quarter-century
The same indicator in other breakdowns (1)
More in the section Russian Statistical Yearbook»
Period and application
Statistics are published as part of the Russian Statistical Yearbook. The data is relevant for education specialists, university HR departments, and labor market researchers. Teaching staff data, in thousands of people, reflects the state of the human resource potential in higher education and science at the beginning of each academic cycle
1) До 2010/2011 учебного года – в образовательных организациях высшего образования.
2) С 2010/2011 учебного года – без учета численности ректоров, проректоров, директоров филиалов.
1) Before 2010/2011academic year – at higher education institutions.
2) Since 2010/2011 academic year – excluding rectors, vice-rectors, directors of affiliates.
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