Colombia vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Teachers in pre-primary education, female

Colombia
48,722 number
in 2014
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1.03 million number
in 2019
Colombia rank
27th
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
25th

Teachers in pre-primary education, female over time

  • Colombia
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 1.03 million number against 48,722 number in Colombia, a difference of 981,188 number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 21.1 times Colombia's.

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

Colombia ranks 27th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 25th of 179 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 7,258 number 249,963 number 242,706 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 41,344 number 637,079 number 595,735 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 48,023 number 819,045 number 771,022 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 48,560 number 953,973 number 905,413 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in pre-primary education, female, Colombia or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 1.03 million number against 48,722 number in Colombia as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in pre-primary education, female between Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
981,188 number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
21 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2014.
How do Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in pre-primary education, female?
Colombia ranks 27th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 25th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in pre-primary education, female (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, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
224 places, 5,584 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female 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.