Netherlands vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita

Netherlands
0.0051 number per person
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.002 number per person
in 2019
Netherlands rank
41st
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
38th

Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita over time

  • Netherlands
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 0.0051 number per person against 0.002 number per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0031 number per person.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 2.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Netherlands ranks 41st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 38th of 196 countries.

Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Netherlands Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0018 number per person 0.001 number per person 0.0008 number per person Netherlands
1980s 0.002 number per person 0.0013 number per person 0.0007 number per person Netherlands
1990s 0.0023 number per person 0.0014 number per person 0.001 number per person Netherlands
2010s 0.0053 number per person 0.0019 number per person 0.0034 number per person Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita, Netherlands or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Netherlands, at 0.0051 number per person against 0.002 number per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita between Netherlands and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.0031 number per person, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
31 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Netherlands and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita?
Netherlands ranks 41st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 38th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita
Unit
number per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
241 places, 7,410 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Teachers in primary education, female (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.