Italy vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female

Italy
34,647 number
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
236,799 number
in 2019
Italy rank
26th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
28th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

  • Italy
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k197219952019

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 236,799 number against 34,647 number in Italy, a difference of 202,152 number.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 6.8 times Italy's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 26th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 28th of 159 countries.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 21,925 number 57,241 number 35,316 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 31,524 number 96,465 number 64,941 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 35,518 number 202,659 number 167,141 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, female, Italy or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 236,799 number against 34,647 number in Italy as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between Italy and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
202,152 number, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
22 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2018.
How do Italy and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
Italy ranks 26th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 28th 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.