Portugal vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita

Portugal
0.0057 units per person
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.001 units per person
in 2024
Portugal rank
37th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
35th

Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita over time

  • Portugal
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.0057 units per person against 0.001 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0047 units per person.

That makes Portugal's figure about 5.5 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

Portugal ranks 37th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 35th of 198 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0016 units per person 0.0003 units per person 0.0013 units per person Portugal
1980s 0.0018 units per person 0.0003 units per person 0.0015 units per person Portugal
1990s 0.0043 units per person 0.0004 units per person 0.0038 units per person Portugal
2000s 0.0059 units per person 0.0005 units per person 0.0054 units per person Portugal
2010s 0.0057 units per person 0.0008 units per person 0.0049 units per person Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary education, teachers, female, per capita, Portugal or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Portugal, at 0.0057 units per person against 0.001 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2018.
What is the difference in secondary education, teachers, female, per capita between Portugal and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.0047 units per person, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Sub-Saharan Africa?
25 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2018.
How do Portugal and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for secondary education, teachers, female, per capita?
Portugal ranks 37th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 35th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
243 places, 6,752 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Secondary education, teachers, female divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.