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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
640,737 number
in 2019
Netherlands
69,777 number
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
29th
Netherlands rank
31st

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes over time

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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 640,737 number against 69,777 number in Netherlands, a difference of 570,960 number.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 9.2 times Netherlands's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 29th and Netherlands ranks 31st of 45 groups.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Netherlands Difference Ahead
1990s 145,070 number 43,230 number 101,840 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 327,231 number 45,164 number 282,067 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 588,253 number 62,255 number 525,998 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, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Netherlands?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 640,737 number against 69,777 number in Netherlands as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Netherlands?
570,960 number, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Netherlands?
20 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2018.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Netherlands rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 29th and Netherlands ranks 31st 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.

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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.