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

Japan
91,524 number
in 2006
Post-demographic dividend
1.79 million number
in 2019
Japan rank
8th
Post-demographic dividend rank
9th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

  • Japan
  • Post-demographic dividend
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M197119952019

How they compare

Post-demographic dividend currently reports 1.79 million number against 91,524 number in Japan, a difference of 1.70 million number.

That makes Post-demographic dividend's figure about 19.6 times Japan's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Post-demographic dividend has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 8th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 9th of 159 countries.

Post-demographic dividend has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Post-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1970s 23,540 number 469,355 number 445,815 number Post-demographic dividend
1980s 33,415 number 604,138 number 570,723 number Post-demographic dividend
1990s 66,832 number 836,030 number 769,198 number Post-demographic dividend
2000s 84,966 number 1.33 million number 1.24 million number Post-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 Post-demographic dividend?
Post-demographic dividend, at 1.79 million number against 91,524 number in Japan as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between Japan and Post-demographic dividend?
1.70 million number, with Post-demographic dividend ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Post-demographic dividend?
24 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2006.
How do Japan and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
Japan ranks 8th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 9th 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.