Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Malaysia: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
750,226 number
in 2019
Malaysia
41,374 number
in 2019
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
20th
Malaysia rank
22nd

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Malaysia
0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k197019942019

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 750,226 number against 41,374 number in Malaysia, a difference of 708,852 number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 18.1 times Malaysia's.

Across all 21 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th and Malaysia ranks 22nd of 45 groups.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Malaysia Difference Ahead
1970s 89,579 number 1,294 number 88,285 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 154,091 number 1,781 number 152,310 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 478,710 number 21,607 number 457,103 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 700,950 number 38,968 number 661,982 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, female, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Malaysia?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 750,226 number against 41,374 number in Malaysia as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malaysia?
708,852 number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malaysia?
21 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2019.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Malaysia rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th and Malaysia ranks 22nd 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.