Canada vs East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Teachers in upper secondary education, female

Canada
106,405 number
in 2018
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2.12 million number
in 2019
Canada rank
13th
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
11th

Teachers in upper secondary education, female over time

  • Canada
  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
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How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) currently reports 2.12 million number against 106,405 number in Canada, a difference of 2.01 million number.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s figure about 19.9 times Canada's.

Across all 14 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 13th and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 11th of 131 countries.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 45,108 number 594,692 number 549,583 number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 104,978 number 1.70 million number 1.60 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 113,044 number 1.86 million number 1.75 million number East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in upper secondary education, female, Canada or East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), at 2.12 million number against 106,405 number in Canada as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in upper secondary education, female between Canada and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
2.01 million number, with East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
14 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2018.
How do Canada and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in upper secondary education, female?
Canada ranks 13th and East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 11th of 131 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
176 places, 2,830 data points, 1971–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of female teachers in public and private upper secondary education institutions (ISCED 3). 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.