Austria vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female

Austria
25,366 number
in 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
95,230 number
in 2018
Austria rank
31st
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
36th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

  • Austria
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 95,230 number against 25,366 number in Austria, a difference of 69,864 number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 3.8 times Austria's.

Across all 15 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Austria ranks 31st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 36th of 159 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 2,623 number 11,373 number 8,750 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 6,619 number 30,521 number 23,902 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 10,509 number 49,514 number 39,005 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 23,295 number 80,905 number 57,611 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, female, Austria or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 95,230 number against 25,366 number in Austria as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between Austria and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
69,864 number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
15 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2017.
How do Austria and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
Austria ranks 31st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 36th of 159 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female (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, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
204 places, 4,731 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female 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.