Italy vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female

Italy
1.05 million number
in 2018
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
14.81 million number
in 2019
Italy rank
24th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
21st

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female over time

  • Italy
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
05.0M10.0M15.0M197019942019

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 14.81 million number against 1.05 million number in Italy, a difference of 13.76 million number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 14.1 times Italy's.

Across all 47 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 24th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 21st of 187 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 357,540 number 1.20 million number 846,229 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 526,296 number 2.65 million number 2.12 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 877,832 number 4.02 million number 3.14 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 1.10 million number 8.18 million number 7.08 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 1.07 million number 13.26 million number 12.19 million number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female, Italy or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 14.81 million number against 1.05 million number in Italy as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female between Italy and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
13.76 million number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Italy and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female?
Italy ranks 24th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 21st of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 7,150 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

The total number of female students enrolled at public and private tertiary education institutions.