Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Thailand: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
403,938 number
in 2019
Thailand
42,480 number
in 2016
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
29th
Thailand rank
27th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Thailand
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k197119952019

How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 403,938 number against 42,480 number in Thailand, a difference of 361,458 number.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 9.5 times Thailand's.

Across all 18 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 29th and Thailand ranks 27th of 45 groups.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Thailand Difference Ahead
1970s 42,541 number 5,569 number 36,972 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1990s 134,542 number 25,728 number 108,815 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 218,609 number 29,980 number 188,630 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 403,444 number 40,247 number 363,198 number Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, male, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Thailand?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 403,938 number against 42,480 number in Thailand as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, male between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Thailand?
361,458 number, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Thailand?
18 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2016.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Thailand rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, male?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 29th and Thailand ranks 27th of 45 groups.
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/