Which has higher teachers in lower secondary education, female, Israel or Sweden?

Sweden, at 23,651 number against 23,622 number in Israel as of 2018.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Sweden?

15 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Israel vs Sweden: Teachers in lower secondary education, female

Israel

23,622 number

in 2018

Sweden

23,651 number

in 2018

Israel rank

48th

Sweden rank

47th

Teachers in lower secondary education, female over time

Israel
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 23,651 number against 23,622 number in Israel, a difference of 29 number.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 15 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Israel ahead.

Israel ranks 48th and Sweden ranks 47th of 138 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1990s	19,570 number	18,116 number	1,454 number	Israel
2000s	22,178 number	23,598 number	1,419 number	Sweden
2010s	20,904 number	23,068 number	2,165 number	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in lower secondary education, female, Israel or Sweden?: Sweden, at 23,651 number against 23,622 number in Israel as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in lower secondary education, female between Israel and Sweden?: 29 number, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Sweden?: 15 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2018.
How do Israel and Sweden rank globally for teachers in lower secondary education, female?: Israel ranks 48th and Sweden ranks 47th of 138 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 183 places, 2,960 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of female teachers in public and private lower secondary education institutions (ISCED 2). 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.