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

Cuba
25,558 number
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
301,002 number
in 2018
Cuba rank
33rd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
33rd

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male over time

  • Cuba
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0100.0k200.0k300.0k198220002018

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 301,002 number against 25,558 number in Cuba, a difference of 275,444 number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 11.8 times Cuba's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Cuba ranks 33rd 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 Cuba Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 11,960 number 52,953 number 40,993 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 13,005 number 77,917 number 64,912 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 37,518 number 144,911 number 107,394 number Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 34,284 number 266,015 number 231,732 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, Cuba or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 301,002 number against 25,558 number in Cuba as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, male between Cuba and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
275,444 number, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
31 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2018.
How do Cuba and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, male?
Cuba ranks 33rd 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/