Secondary education, teachers (% female) - Country Ranking

Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary 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

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Armenia 88.04 2020
2 Myanmar 86.16 2018
3 Georgia 83.26 2020
4 Latvia 82.66 2019
5 Ukraine 82.27 2020
6 Lithuania 81.41 2019
7 Russia 81.27 2009
8 Guatemala 80.77 2020
9 Moldova 80.18 2020
10 Belarus 80.08 2018
11 Bulgaria 78.48 2019
12 Kyrgyz Republic 77.38 2020
13 Estonia 76.30 2019
14 Kazakhstan 75.70 2020
15 Azerbaijan 75.55 2020
16 Slovak Republic 74.38 2019
17 Slovenia 74.01 2016
18 The Bahamas 73.77 2018
19 Mongolia 73.20 2019
20 Antigua and Barbuda 73.14 2018
21 Suriname 73.09 2014
22 Dominica 72.80 2020
23 Romania 72.55 2019
24 San Marino 72.54 2020
25 Israel 72.51 2009
26 United Arab Emirates 72.45 2020
27 Puerto Rico 72.39 2018
28 Uruguay 72.16 1999
29 Jamaica 72.07 2020
30 St. Lucia 71.66 2020
31 Guyana 70.91 2012
32 Sri Lanka 70.84 2018
33 Philippines 70.59 2019
34 Poland 70.38 2019
35 Croatia 70.37 2019
36 Portugal 70.36 2019
37 Hungary 69.82 2019
38 St. Kitts and Nevis 69.45 2016
39 Italy 68.57 2019
40 Argentina 68.32 2008
41 Montenegro 68.28 2020
42 Thailand 68.19 2020
43 Cayman Islands 68.18 2020
44 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 68.18 2018
45 Finland 68.09 2019
46 Brunei 68.03 2020
47 Albania 67.98 2020
48 Lebanon 67.81 2016
49 Oman 67.30 2020
50 Canada 67.20 1996
51 Malaysia 67.18 2019
52 Turkmenistan 67.13 2020
53 Nauru 66.67 2020
54 Serbia 66.64 2020
55 Cyprus 66.39 2019
56 Czech Republic 65.77 2012
57 Austria 65.69 2019
58 Malta 65.05 2019
59 Singapore 64.98 2019
60 Grenada 64.94 2018
61 Norway 64.63 2019
62 New Zealand 64.33 2019
63 Barbados 64.17 2020
64 Vietnam 64.07 1998
65 Cuba 63.90 2020
66 Belgium 63.44 2019
67 Germany 63.39 2019
68 Andorra 63.23 2020
69 Dominican Republic 62.83 2017
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.79 2020
71 Belize 62.64 2020
72 United States 62.49 2019
73 Brazil 62.33 2019
74 Paraguay 62.20 2012
75 Uzbekistan 61.78 2020
76 Greece 61.78 2019
77 United Kingdom 61.42 2019
78 Korea 61.29 2019
79 Pakistan 60.48 2018
80 Chile 60.47 2019
81 Mauritius 60.33 2021
82 France 60.02 2019
83 North Macedonia 59.94 2018
84 Honduras 59.86 2020
85 Sweden 59.52 2019
86 Bahrain 59.34 2020
87 Panama 59.23 2017
88 Tuvalu 59.09 2020
89 Liechtenstein 58.84 2019
90 Ecuador 58.82 2020
91 Palau 58.73 2000
92 Macao SAR, China 58.65 2020
93 South Africa 58.44 2019
94 Samoa 58.30 2010
95 Spain 58.23 2019
96 Jordan 58.14 2020
97 Tonga 57.73 2015
98 Costa Rica 57.71 2020
99 Fiji 57.49 2012
100 Kuwait 57.00 2019
101 China 56.40 2020
102 Denmark 56.40 2019
103 Indonesia 56.35 2018
104 Seychelles 56.18 2020
105 Hong Kong SAR, China 55.77 2020
106 Monaco 55.51 2020
107 Nicaragua 55.48 2010
108 Botswana 55.44 2017
109 Tunisia 55.37 2020
110 Luxembourg 55.34 2019
111 Qatar 55.11 2020
112 Lesotho 55.08 2018
113 El Salvador 54.70 2018
114 Iraq 54.69 2007
115 Ireland 54.61 1997
116 Netherlands 54.51 2019
117 Turkey 54.47 2019
118 Namibia 53.71 2017
119 Iran 53.50 2017
120 Zambia 53.09 2017
121 Bolivia 51.99 2018
122 Syrian Arab Republic 51.31 2002
123 Lao PDR 51.28 2020
124 Mexico 50.71 2018
125 Australia 50.63 1992
126 Switzerland 50.59 2019
127 Saudi Arabia 50.57 2020
128 Colombia 50.53 2019
129 Vanuatu 50.17 2020
130 Eswatini 49.50 2016
131 Cabo Verde 48.83 2019
132 Zimbabwe 48.59 2019
133 Egypt 48.19 2019
134 Kiribati 47.74 2008
135 Central African Republic 46.82 2017
136 India 46.51 2020
137 Tajikistan 46.01 2011
138 Nigeria 45.81 2018
139 Algeria 45.20 1997
140 Peru 44.90 2020
141 Trinidad and Tobago 44.49 1972
142 Venezuela 44.19 1975
143 Bhutan 42.35 2018
144 Kenya 42.18 2015
145 New Caledonia 41.49 1997
146 Madagascar 40.91 2019
147 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 39.82 2018
148 Papua New Guinea 38.07 2016
149 Morocco 37.81 2020
150 Timor-Leste 36.83 2019
151 Afghanistan 35.63 2018
152 Cameroon 34.80 2016
153 Tanzania 33.04 2020
154 Japan 32.69 1995
155 Solomon Islands 32.61 2015
156 São Tomé and Principe 32.59 2016
157 Cambodia 31.71 2007
158 Rwanda 31.48 2019
159 Iceland 29.28 1976
160 Angola 29.08 2016
161 Libya 27.66 1983
162 Ghana 26.40 2020
163 Nepal 26.25 2020
164 Bangladesh 26.19 2020
165 Djibouti 26.02 2021
166 Burundi 25.68 2019
167 Gabon 25.48 2019
168 Uganda 24.57 2017
169 Eritrea 23.92 2018
170 Malawi 23.91 2019
171 Mozambique 23.21 2020
172 Niger 22.40 2018
173 The Gambia 21.70 2021
174 Ethiopia 19.62 2020
175 Yemen 19.20 1999
176 Senegal 17.83 2020
177 Côte d'Ivoire 17.25 2020
178 Burkina Faso 17.12 2020
179 Comoros 16.71 2018
180 Mali 13.54 2017
181 Somalia 13.52 2007
182 Sierra Leone 13.22 2020
183 Dem. Rep. Congo 11.97 2018
184 Benin 11.93 2020
185 Mauritania 11.20 2019
186 Congo 9.96 2018
187 Equatorial Guinea 8.44 2005
188 Chad 7.94 2019
189 Togo 6.70 2020
190 Liberia 6.24 2017
191 Guinea-Bissau 6.17 2000
192 Guinea 4.20 2016

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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 secondary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female teachers at secondary 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