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

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
750,226 number
in 2019
Viet Nam
45,467 number
in 2016
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
20th
Viet Nam rank
19th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

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

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 750,226 number against 45,467 number in Viet Nam, a difference of 704,759 number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 16.5 times Viet Nam's.

Across all 25 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th and Viet Nam ranks 19th of 45 groups.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Viet Nam Difference Ahead
1970s 81,330 number 2,232 number 79,098 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1980s 111,312 number 3,932 number 107,381 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
1990s 280,551 number 8,317 number 272,235 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 481,966 number 19,034 number 462,932 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 688,501 number 41,048 number 647,453 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 Viet Nam?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 750,226 number against 45,467 number in Viet Nam as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Viet Nam?
704,759 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 Viet Nam?
25 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2016.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Viet Nam rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th and Viet Nam ranks 19th 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.