Colombia vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time
- Colombia
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
How they compare
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 750,226 number against 62,087 number in Colombia, a difference of 688,139 number.
That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 12.1 times Colombia's.
Across all 32 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 17th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th of 159 countries.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4,351 number | 80,550 number | 76,199 number | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 9,630 number | 155,735 number | 146,104 number | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 18,706 number | 233,594 number | 214,888 number | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 2000s | 35,077 number | 467,350 number | 432,274 number | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 2010s | 53,556 number | 700,823 number | 647,267 number | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, female, Colombia or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 750,226 number against 62,087 number in Colombia as of 2019.
- What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 688,139 number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2018.
- How do Colombia and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
- Colombia ranks 17th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th 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.
Individual pages
About this data
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.