Austria vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male

Austria
34,544 number
in 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
301,002 number
in 2018
Austria rank
30th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
33rd

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male over time

  • Austria
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 301,002 number against 34,544 number in Austria, a difference of 266,458 number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 8.7 times Austria's.

Across all 15 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Austria ranks 30th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 33rd of 159 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 11,677 number 49,751 number 38,074 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 19,078 number 84,895 number 65,818 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 21,776 number 179,539 number 157,763 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 32,867 number 264,581 number 231,714 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, male, Austria or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 301,002 number against 34,544 number in Austria as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, male between Austria and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
266,458 number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
15 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2017.
How do Austria and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, male?
Austria ranks 30th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 33rd of 159 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male (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, male (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
204 places, 4,712 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of male 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. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/