Bangladesh vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes

Bangladesh
93,016 number
in 2019
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
640,737 number
in 2019
Bangladesh rank
27th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
29th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 640,737 number against 93,016 number in Bangladesh, a difference of 547,721 number.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 6.9 times Bangladesh's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 27th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 29th of 176 countries.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 12,385 number 66,873 number 54,487 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1980s 15,941 number 109,647 number 93,706 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1990s 28,536 number 179,826 number 151,290 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 50,525 number 327,231 number 276,706 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 88,311 number 611,111 number 522,799 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes, Bangladesh or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 640,737 number against 93,016 number in Bangladesh as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes between Bangladesh and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
547,721 number, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2019.
How do Bangladesh and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes?
Bangladesh ranks 27th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 29th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in tertiary education programmes, 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 tertiary education programmes, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
221 places, 5,942 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5-8). 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.