Primary education, teachers (% female) - Country Ranking
Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
Rank | Country | Value | Year |
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1 | Belarus | 99.48 | 2018 |
2 | Russia | 99.23 | 2018 |
3 | Kyrgyz Republic | 98.78 | 2020 |
4 | Ukraine | 98.50 | 2020 |
5 | Moldova | 98.19 | 2020 |
6 | Slovenia | 97.31 | 2016 |
7 | Czech Republic | 97.17 | 2012 |
8 | Uruguay | 97.00 | 1997 |
9 | Lithuania | 96.66 | 2019 |
10 | Hungary | 95.77 | 2019 |
11 | Italy | 95.44 | 2019 |
12 | Mongolia | 95.32 | 2019 |
13 | Suriname | 95.15 | 2019 |
14 | Croatia | 93.54 | 2019 |
15 | Azerbaijan | 93.40 | 2020 |
16 | Bulgaria | 93.37 | 2019 |
17 | The Bahamas | 93.01 | 2018 |
18 | Kazakhstan | 92.89 | 2020 |
19 | San Marino | 92.46 | 2020 |
20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 92.16 | 2018 |
21 | Latvia | 92.11 | 2019 |
22 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 92.11 | 2016 |
23 | Austria | 91.95 | 2019 |
24 | Uzbekistan | 91.64 | 2020 |
25 | Georgia | 90.87 | 2020 |
26 | Romania | 90.57 | 2019 |
27 | Slovak Republic | 90.21 | 2019 |
28 | Estonia | 90.16 | 2019 |
29 | Kuwait | 89.71 | 2020 |
30 | Jamaica | 89.17 | 2020 |
31 | Dominica | 89.04 | 2020 |
32 | Armenia | 88.89 | 2020 |
33 | Lebanon | 88.60 | 2020 |
34 | Guyana | 88.55 | 2012 |
35 | Brazil | 88.22 | 2019 |
36 | Sri Lanka | 87.94 | 2019 |
37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 87.79 | 2020 |
38 | Argentina | 87.42 | 2008 |
39 | Netherlands | 87.39 | 2019 |
40 | Germany | 87.35 | 2019 |
41 | Puerto Rico | 87.10 | 2018 |
42 | Philippines | 87.09 | 2019 |
43 | United States | 86.79 | 2019 |
44 | Cayman Islands | 86.48 | 2020 |
45 | St. Lucia | 86.35 | 2020 |
46 | Serbia | 86.23 | 2020 |
47 | United Kingdom | 86.15 | 2019 |
48 | Albania | 85.84 | 2020 |
49 | Malta | 85.76 | 2019 |
50 | Israel | 85.52 | 2019 |
51 | Cyprus | 85.40 | 2019 |
52 | Ireland | 84.89 | 2012 |
53 | Seychelles | 84.75 | 2020 |
54 | New Zealand | 84.67 | 2019 |
55 | North Macedonia | 84.34 | 2018 |
56 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 83.97 | 2018 |
57 | France | 83.47 | 2019 |
58 | Switzerland | 83.35 | 2019 |
59 | Venezuela | 83.24 | 1987 |
60 | Kiribati | 83.10 | 2020 |
61 | Poland | 82.90 | 2019 |
62 | Iceland | 82.75 | 2019 |
63 | Belgium | 82.65 | 2019 |
64 | Cuba | 82.46 | 2020 |
65 | Turkmenistan | 82.34 | 2020 |
66 | Algeria | 82.34 | 2020 |
67 | Dem. People's Rep. Korea | 82.23 | 2018 |
68 | Sweden | 81.70 | 2019 |
69 | Grenada | 81.54 | 2018 |
70 | Dominican Republic | 81.46 | 2020 |
71 | Macao SAR, China | 81.46 | 2020 |
72 | Portugal | 80.92 | 2019 |
73 | Chile | 80.80 | 2019 |
74 | Singapore | 80.73 | 2019 |
75 | Mauritius | 80.67 | 2021 |
76 | Liechtenstein | 80.61 | 2019 |
77 | Myanmar | 80.26 | 2018 |
78 | Monaco | 80.22 | 2021 |
79 | Finland | 79.98 | 2019 |
80 | Andorra | 79.56 | 2020 |
81 | Nauru | 79.37 | 2020 |
82 | Tuvalu | 79.25 | 2019 |
83 | Palau | 79.03 | 2000 |
84 | Costa Rica | 78.89 | 2020 |
85 | South Africa | 78.81 | 2015 |
86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 78.76 | 2009 |
87 | Vietnam | 78.56 | 2020 |
88 | Ecuador | 78.38 | 2020 |
89 | Tonga | 78.31 | 2020 |
90 | Brunei | 78.11 | 2020 |
91 | Jordan | 78.04 | 2020 |
92 | Korea | 77.47 | 2019 |
93 | Samoa | 77.28 | 2010 |
94 | United Arab Emirates | 77.23 | 2020 |
95 | Spain | 77.20 | 2019 |
96 | Colombia | 77.12 | 2019 |
97 | Nicaragua | 77.02 | 2010 |
98 | Australia | 76.89 | 1997 |
99 | Qatar | 76.76 | 2020 |
100 | Panama | 76.70 | 2017 |
101 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 76.45 | 2020 |
102 | Barbados | 76.42 | 2020 |
103 | Luxembourg | 76.12 | 2019 |
104 | Tajikistan | 76.00 | 2017 |
105 | Belize | 75.60 | 2020 |
106 | Lesotho | 74.83 | 2018 |
107 | Norway | 74.77 | 2019 |
108 | Bahrain | 74.32 | 2020 |
109 | Botswana | 73.99 | 2017 |
110 | El Salvador | 73.66 | 2018 |
111 | Greece | 72.59 | 2019 |
112 | Paraguay | 71.18 | 2012 |
113 | Honduras | 71.12 | 2020 |
114 | Cabo Verde | 71.00 | 2019 |
115 | China | 70.23 | 2020 |
116 | Malaysia | 69.75 | 2019 |
117 | Eswatini | 69.73 | 2019 |
118 | Oman | 69.10 | 2020 |
119 | Syrian Arab Republic | 69.02 | 2002 |
120 | Iraq | 68.81 | 2007 |
121 | Thailand | 68.80 | 2020 |
122 | Namibia | 68.50 | 2018 |
123 | Denmark | 68.36 | 2019 |
124 | New Caledonia | 68.31 | 1973 |
125 | Canada | 68.07 | 2000 |
126 | Mexico | 67.90 | 2019 |
127 | Iran | 67.43 | 2017 |
128 | Peru | 67.22 | 2020 |
129 | Tunisia | 67.06 | 2020 |
130 | Indonesia | 67.02 | 2019 |
131 | Bolivia | 64.94 | 2018 |
132 | Japan | 64.88 | 2005 |
133 | Turkey | 64.02 | 2019 |
134 | Egypt | 62.29 | 2019 |
135 | Vanuatu | 62.10 | 2020 |
136 | Fiji | 61.44 | 2019 |
137 | Zimbabwe | 61.35 | 2020 |
138 | Bangladesh | 61.30 | 2018 |
139 | Cambodia | 58.95 | 2020 |
140 | Morocco | 58.74 | 2020 |
141 | Gabon | 56.85 | 2019 |
142 | Niger | 55.94 | 2020 |
143 | Pakistan | 55.72 | 2019 |
144 | Cameroon | 55.51 | 2019 |
145 | Rwanda | 55.48 | 2019 |
146 | India | 55.36 | 2020 |
147 | São Tomé and Principe | 54.90 | 2017 |
148 | Nigeria | 53.78 | 2018 |
149 | Lao PDR | 53.71 | 2020 |
150 | Libya | 53.00 | 1983 |
151 | Madagascar | 52.99 | 2019 |
152 | Saudi Arabia | 52.80 | 2020 |
153 | Burundi | 50.59 | 2021 |
154 | Zambia | 50.46 | 2017 |
155 | Kenya | 50.24 | 2015 |
156 | Papua New Guinea | 49.42 | 2016 |
157 | Tanzania | 49.22 | 2020 |
158 | Burkina Faso | 47.85 | 2020 |
159 | Solomon Islands | 47.49 | 2019 |
160 | Nepal | 47.42 | 2020 |
161 | Angola | 47.18 | 2016 |
162 | Mozambique | 46.78 | 2020 |
163 | Malawi | 45.01 | 2019 |
164 | Ghana | 44.54 | 2020 |
165 | Equatorial Guinea | 44.39 | 2015 |
166 | Uganda | 43.07 | 2017 |
167 | The Gambia | 41.31 | 2021 |
168 | Timor-Leste | 41.27 | 2019 |
169 | Bhutan | 41.18 | 2020 |
170 | Ethiopia | 41.12 | 2020 |
171 | Guinea | 40.94 | 2020 |
172 | Eritrea | 39.02 | 2018 |
173 | Congo | 37.72 | 2018 |
174 | Afghanistan | 36.16 | 2019 |
175 | Mauritania | 35.44 | 2019 |
176 | Côte d'Ivoire | 34.73 | 2020 |
177 | Yemen | 33.30 | 2016 |
178 | Djibouti | 32.66 | 2021 |
179 | Haiti | 32.42 | 1998 |
180 | Senegal | 32.23 | 2020 |
181 | Mali | 31.69 | 2018 |
182 | Sierra Leone | 30.83 | 2020 |
183 | Comoros | 29.49 | 2018 |
184 | Benin | 28.65 | 2020 |
185 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 28.61 | 2018 |
186 | Guatemala | 22.94 | 2020 |
187 | Guinea-Bissau | 21.78 | 2010 |
188 | Central African Republic | 19.01 | 2017 |
189 | Chad | 18.78 | 2019 |
190 | Liberia | 18.46 | 2017 |
191 | Togo | 17.45 | 2020 |
192 | Somalia | 16.62 | 2007 |
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Development Relevance: The share of female teachers shows the level of gender representation in the teaching force. A value of greater than 50% indicates more opportunities or preference for women to participate in teaching activities. Women teachers are important as they serve as role models to girls and help to attract and retain girls in school.
Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).
Statistical Concept and Methodology: The share of female teachers in primary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female teachers at primary level of education by the total number of teachers at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual