Bangladesh vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female

Bangladesh
25,190 number
in 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa
95,591 number
in 2018
Bangladesh rank
32nd
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
34th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k197019942019

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 95,591 number against 25,190 number in Bangladesh, a difference of 70,401 number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 3.8 times Bangladesh's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 32nd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 34th of 159 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1980s 3,068 number 11,745 number 8,678 number Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s 4,016 number 29,387 number 25,371 number Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s 8,584 number 45,275 number 36,691 number Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s 17,893 number 85,711 number 67,818 number Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, female, Bangladesh or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Sub-Saharan Africa, at 95,591 number against 25,190 number in Bangladesh as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa?
70,401 number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa?
20 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2018.
How do Bangladesh and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
Bangladesh ranks 32nd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 34th 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.