Korea vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Teachers in upper secondary education, female

Korea
66,985 number
in 2018
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
893,823 number
in 2019
Korea rank
21st
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
23rd

Teachers in upper secondary education, female over time

  • Korea
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k197119952019

How they compare

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 893,823 number against 66,985 number in Korea, a difference of 826,838 number.

That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 13.3 times Korea's.

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

Korea ranks 21st and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 131 countries.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Korea Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 25,186 number 625,099 number 599,913 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2000s 42,763 number 703,576 number 660,814 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
2010s 63,698 number 826,892 number 763,194 number Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in upper secondary education, female, Korea or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 893,823 number against 66,985 number in Korea as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in upper secondary education, female between Korea and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
826,838 number, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
25 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2018.
How do Korea and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in upper secondary education, female?
Korea ranks 21st and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 23rd 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.