Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Low income
Low income: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female was 48,480 number in 2016. β² Rising
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Low income, 1995β2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Low income recorded 48,480 number for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in 2016. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Low income peaked at 48,480 number in 2016 and was at its lowest, 22,414 number, in 1999.
Low income ranks 40th of 44 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23,023 number | 22,414 number | 24,350 number | 5 |
| 2000s | 31,223 number | 23,933 number | 39,328 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,382 number | 41,419 number | 48,480 number | 7 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More education data for Low income
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 40.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.8% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.88 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 267.17 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Low income?
- Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female in Low income was 48,480 number in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in tertiary education programmes, female recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 48,480 number in 2016.
- What is the lowest teachers in tertiary education programmes, female recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,414 number in 1999.
- How does Low income rank for teachers in tertiary education programmes, female?
- Low income ranks 40th out of 44 groups with data for 2016.
- Is teachers in tertiary education programmes, female rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low income 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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About this data
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.