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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
236,799 number
in 2019
Saudi Arabia
35,291 number
in 2019
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
28th
Saudi Arabia rank
25th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Saudi Arabia
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k197119952019

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 236,799 number against 35,291 number in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 201,508 number.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 6.7 times Saudi Arabia's.

Across all 43 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 Saudi Arabia ranks 25th of 45 groups.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1970s 18,266 number 346.5 number 17,920 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1980s 30,506 number 2,218 number 28,288 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1990s 50,704 number 4,576 number 46,129 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 96,465 number 9,350 number 87,115 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 206,073 number 28,374 number 177,699 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 Saudi Arabia?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 236,799 number against 35,291 number in Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia?
201,508 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 Saudi Arabia?
43 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2019.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Saudi Arabia rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 28th and Saudi Arabia ranks 25th 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.