Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Netherlands: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
236,799 number
in 2019
Netherlands
32,023 number
in 2018
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
28th
Netherlands rank
28th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Netherlands
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k197219952019

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 236,799 number against 32,023 number in Netherlands, a difference of 204,776 number.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 7.4 times Netherlands's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 28th and Netherlands ranks 28th of 45 groups.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Netherlands Difference Ahead
1990s 41,024 number 10,896 number 30,128 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 96,465 number 15,807 number 80,658 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 201,365 number 26,870 number 174,494 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, female, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Netherlands?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 236,799 number against 32,023 number in Netherlands as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, female between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Netherlands?
204,776 number, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Netherlands?
20 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2018.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Netherlands rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 28th and Netherlands ranks 28th 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.