East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Korea: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1.15 million number
in 2013
Korea
78,533 number
in 2018
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
14th
Korea rank
11th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Korea
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How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 1.15 million number against 78,533 number in Korea, a difference of 1.07 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 14.7 times Korea's.

Across all 43 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 14th and Korea ranks 11th of 45 groups.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Korea Difference Ahead
1970s 84,615 number 1,955 number 82,660 number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1980s 192,124 number 6,284 number 185,840 number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 305,920 number 24,043 number 281,878 number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 734,426 number 54,667 number 679,759 number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 1.10 million number 77,944 number 1.02 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, female, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Korea?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 1.15 million number against 78,533 number in Korea as of 2013.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Korea?
1.07 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Korea?
43 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2013.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Korea rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 14th and Korea ranks 11th of 45 groups.
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.