Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Portugal: Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
111,898 number
in 2019
Portugal
10,573 number
in 2018
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
27th
Portugal rank
30th

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Portugal
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k199720082019

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 111,898 number against 10,573 number in Portugal, a difference of 101,325 number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 10.6 times Portugal's.

Across all 21 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 27th and Portugal ranks 30th of 45 groups.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Portugal Difference Ahead
1990s 75,442 number 3,639 number 71,803 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 62,737 number 8,733 number 54,004 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 89,282 number 10,194 number 79,088 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, isced 8 programmes, female, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Portugal?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 111,898 number against 10,573 number in Portugal as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in tertiary education, isced 8 programmes, female between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Portugal?
101,325 number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Portugal?
21 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2018.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Portugal rank globally for enrolment in tertiary education, isced 8 programmes, female?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 27th and Portugal ranks 30th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 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, ISCED 8 programmes, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
176 places, 2,886 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female students enrolled in public and private tertiary education institutions in programmes on the doctoral or equivalent (ISCED 8) level.