Myanmar vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Teachers in primary education, female

Myanmar
174,621 number
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2.25 million number
in 2019
Myanmar rank
28th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
25th

Teachers in primary education, female over time

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

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 2.25 million number against 174,621 number in Myanmar, a difference of 2.07 million number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 12.9 times Myanmar's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Myanmar ranks 28th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 25th of 196 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Myanmar Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 30,225 number 266,379 number 236,154 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 51,751 number 608,217 number 556,466 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 79,270 number 781,307 number 702,038 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 127,869 number 1.16 million number 1.03 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 175,357 number 1.97 million number 1.79 million number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Myanmar or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 2.25 million number against 174,621 number in Myanmar as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Myanmar and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
2.07 million number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2018.
How do Myanmar and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?
Myanmar ranks 28th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 25th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in 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 primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 7,410 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female teachers in public and private 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.