Japan vs Upper middle income: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male

Japan
419,722 number
in 2006
Upper middle income
3.20 million number
in 2019
Japan rank
4th
Upper middle income rank
6th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male over time

  • Japan
  • Upper middle income
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How they compare

Upper middle income currently reports 3.20 million number against 419,722 number in Japan, a difference of 2.78 million number.

That makes Upper middle income's figure about 7.6 times Japan's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Upper middle income has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 4th and Upper middle income ranks 6th of 159 countries.

Upper middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 179,701 number 784,973 number 605,272 number Upper middle income
1980s 201,828 number 1.00 million number 799,596 number Upper middle income
1990s 276,329 number 1.24 million number 963,394 number Upper middle income
2000s 410,286 number 1.96 million number 1.55 million number Upper middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, male, Japan or Upper middle income?
Upper middle income, at 3.20 million number against 419,722 number in Japan as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, male between Japan and Upper middle income?
2.78 million number, with Upper middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Upper middle income?
20 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2006.
How do Japan and Upper middle income rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, male?
Japan ranks 4th and Upper middle income ranks 6th 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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About this data

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/