Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Italy: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
1.11 million number
in 2019
Italy
92,744 number
in 2018
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
25th
Italy rank
28th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes over time

  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
  • Italy
0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M198320012019

How they compare

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) currently reports 1.11 million number against 92,744 number in Italy, a difference of 1.02 million number.

That makes Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s figure about 12.0 times Italy's.

Across all 26 years both countries report, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 25th and Italy ranks 28th of 45 groups.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Italy Difference Ahead
1990s 807,525 number 66,957 number 740,568 number Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2000s 1.13 million number 92,735 number 1.04 million number Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2010s 1.20 million number 96,530 number 1.10 million number Europe & Central Asia (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, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or Italy?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), at 1.11 million number against 92,744 number in Italy as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Italy?
1.02 million number, with Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Italy?
26 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2018.
How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Italy rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 25th and Italy ranks 28th of 45 groups.
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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Italy: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/teachers-in-tertiary-education-programmes-both-sexes-number/europe-and-central-asia-excluding-high-income/italy/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/teachers-in-tertiary-education-programmes-both-sexes-number/europe-and-central-asia-excluding-high-income/italy/">Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Italy: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.