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

Belarus
17,022 number
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
95,230 number
in 2018
Belarus rank
36th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
36th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

  • Belarus
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
20.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k198520012018

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 95,230 number against 17,022 number in Belarus, a difference of 78,208 number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 5.6 times Belarus's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Belarus ranks 36th 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 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belarus Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 15,398 number 42,227 number 26,829 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 22,935 number 45,058 number 22,124 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 21,080 number 81,445 number 60,366 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, Belarus or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 95,230 number against 17,022 number in Belarus as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between Belarus and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
78,208 number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
20 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.
How do Belarus and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
Belarus ranks 36th 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.