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

Italy
92,744 number
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
640,737 number
in 2019
Italy rank
28th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
29th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes over time

  • Italy
  • 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 92,744 number in Italy, a difference of 547,993 number.

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

Across all 34 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 28th 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 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 51,057 number 117,710 number 66,653 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1990s 65,396 number 160,240 number 94,844 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 92,735 number 327,231 number 234,496 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 96,530 number 593,026 number 496,496 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, Italy or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 640,737 number against 92,744 number in Italy as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes between Italy and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
547,993 number, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
34 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2018.
How do Italy and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes?
Italy ranks 28th 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.