Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female was 2.07 million number in 2017. β² Rising
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Late-demographic dividend, 1981β2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2017, teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Late-demographic dividend stood at 2.07 million number. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 2.07 million number in 2017 and was at its lowest, 533,491 number, in 1981.
That places Late-demographic dividend 7th out of 44 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 589,677 number | 533,491 number | 621,617 number | 9 |
| 1990s | 674,217 number | 593,362 number | 810,360 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.27 million number | 861,304 number | 1.64 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.89 million number | 1.68 million number | 2.07 million number | 8 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
More education data for Late-demographic dividend
- Population ages 15-64 68.9% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.38 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 17.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10.38 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.7% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.9% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.24 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Late-demographic dividend?
- Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Late-demographic dividend was 2.07 million number in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in tertiary education programmes, female recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 2.07 million number in 2017.
- What is the lowest teachers in tertiary education programmes, female recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 533,491 number in 1981.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 7th out of 44 groups with data for 2017.
- Is teachers in tertiary education programmes, female rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.