East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Mexico: Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
3.82 million number
in 2019
Mexico
238,153 number
in 2018
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
10th
Mexico rank
9th

Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Mexico
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M197119952019

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 3.82 million number against 238,153 number in Mexico, a difference of 3.58 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 16.0 times Mexico's.

Across all 44 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 10th and Mexico ranks 9th of 45 groups.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Mexico Difference Ahead
1970s 327,796 number 14,495 number 313,301 number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1980s 671,484 number 64,690 number 606,794 number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 1.14 million number 125,530 number 1.02 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 1.46 million number 158,608 number 1.30 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 2.71 million number 215,548 number 2.50 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Mexico?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 3.82 million number against 238,153 number in Mexico as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mexico?
3.58 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mexico?
44 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2018.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Mexico rank globally for teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 10th and Mexico ranks 9th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
230 places, 6,393 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of teachers in public and private pre-primary education institutions. 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.