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

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
750,226 number
in 2019
Thailand
55,343 number
in 2016
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
20th
Thailand rank
18th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Thailand
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How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 750,226 number against 55,343 number in Thailand, a difference of 694,883 number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 13.6 times Thailand's.

Across all 19 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th and Thailand ranks 18th 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) Thailand Difference Ahead
1970s 60,430 number 4,486 number 55,943 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 254,732 number 24,090 number 230,642 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 455,316 number 35,278 number 420,038 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 695,700 number 66,614 number 629,086 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 Thailand?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 750,226 number against 55,343 number in Thailand as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Thailand?
694,883 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 Thailand?
19 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2016.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Thailand rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th and Thailand ranks 18th 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.