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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
640,737 number
in 2019
Saudi Arabia
84,176 number
in 2019
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
29th
Saudi Arabia rank
29th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes over time

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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 640,737 number against 84,176 number in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 556,561 number.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 7.6 times Saudi Arabia's.

Across all 47 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 Saudi Arabia ranks 29th of 45 groups.

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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1970s 60,349 number 2,201 number 58,148 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1980s 109,877 number 9,324 number 100,554 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1990s 169,503 number 14,789 number 154,714 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 327,231 number 27,389 number 299,842 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 597,797 number 71,188 number 526,609 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 Saudi Arabia?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 640,737 number against 84,176 number in Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia?
556,561 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 Saudi Arabia?
47 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2019.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Saudi Arabia rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 29th and Saudi Arabia ranks 29th 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.