Sub-Saharan Africa vs Switzerland: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male

Sub-Saharan Africa
301,983 number
in 2018
Switzerland
23,489 number
in 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
31st
Switzerland rank
36th

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male over time

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Switzerland
0100.0k200.0k300.0k198119992018

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 301,983 number against 23,489 number in Switzerland, a difference of 278,494 number.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 12.9 times Switzerland's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 31st and Switzerland ranks 36th of 43 groups.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sub-Saharan Africa Switzerland Difference Ahead
1990s 84,752 number 6,679 number 78,073 number Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s 145,536 number 17,859 number 127,677 number Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s 265,632 number 24,330 number 241,302 number Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in tertiary education programmes, male, Sub-Saharan Africa or Switzerland?
Sub-Saharan Africa, at 301,983 number against 23,489 number in Switzerland as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in tertiary education programmes, male between Sub-Saharan Africa and Switzerland?
278,494 number, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Switzerland?
20 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2018.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Switzerland rank globally for teachers in tertiary education programmes, male?
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 31st and Switzerland ranks 36th of 43 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/