Japan vs Late-demographic dividend: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female

Japan
91,524 number
in 2006
Late-demographic dividend
2.07 million number
in 2017
Japan rank
8th
Late-demographic dividend rank
6th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

  • Japan
  • Late-demographic dividend
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How they compare

Late-demographic dividend currently reports 2.07 million number against 91,524 number in Japan, a difference of 1.98 million number.

That makes Late-demographic dividend's figure about 22.6 times Japan's.

Across all 18 years both countries report, Late-demographic dividend has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 8th and Late-demographic dividend ranks 6th of 159 countries.

Late-demographic dividend has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Late-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1980s 34,004 number 589,677 number 555,674 number Late-demographic dividend
1990s 66,832 number 632,489 number 565,657 number Late-demographic dividend
2000s 84,966 number 1.22 million number 1.13 million number Late-demographic dividend

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, female, Japan or Late-demographic dividend?
Late-demographic dividend, at 2.07 million number against 91,524 number in Japan as of 2017.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between Japan and Late-demographic dividend?
1.98 million number, with Late-demographic dividend ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Late-demographic dividend?
18 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2006.
How do Japan and Late-demographic dividend rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
Japan ranks 8th and Late-demographic dividend ranks 6th 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.