Colombia vs Lower middle income: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female

Colombia
62,087 number
in 2018
Lower middle income
1.09 million number
in 2019
Colombia rank
17th
Lower middle income rank
15th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

  • Colombia
  • Lower middle income
0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M197119952019

How they compare

Lower middle income currently reports 1.09 million number against 62,087 number in Colombia, a difference of 1.02 million number.

That makes Lower middle income's figure about 17.5 times Colombia's.

Across all 32 years both countries report, Lower middle income has been ahead every year.

Colombia ranks 17th and Lower middle income ranks 15th of 159 countries.

Lower middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 4,351 number 145,031 number 140,680 number Lower middle income
1980s 9,630 number 190,667 number 181,036 number Lower middle income
1990s 18,706 number 255,473 number 236,768 number Lower middle income
2000s 35,077 number 519,491 number 484,415 number Lower middle income
2010s 53,556 number 1.01 million number 953,688 number Lower middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, female, Colombia or Lower middle income?
Lower middle income, at 1.09 million number against 62,087 number in Colombia as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between Colombia and Lower middle income?
1.02 million number, with Lower middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Lower middle income?
32 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2018.
How do Colombia and Lower middle income rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
Colombia ranks 17th and Lower middle income ranks 15th 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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About this data

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.