What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between IDA total and Japan?

3.11 million number, with IDA total ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Japan?

33 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2005.

Where does this data come from?

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

IDA total vs Japan: Teachers in primary education, female

IDA total

3.36 million number

in 2019

Japan

248,338 number

in 2005

IDA total rank

15th

Japan rank

16th

Teachers in primary education, female over time

IDA total
Japan

How they compare

IDA total currently reports 3.36 million number against 248,338 number in Japan, a difference of 3.11 million number.

That makes IDA total's figure about 13.5 times Japan's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, IDA total has been ahead every year.

IDA total ranks 15th and Japan ranks 16th of 43 groups.

IDA total has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA total	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1970s	448,798 number	220,699 number	228,099 number	IDA total
1980s	797,851 number	262,938 number	534,913 number	IDA total
1990s	1.19 million number	266,724 number	918,655 number	IDA total
2000s	1.71 million number	241,918 number	1.47 million number	IDA total

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, IDA total or Japan?: IDA total, at 3.36 million number against 248,338 number in Japan as of 2019.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between IDA total and Japan?: 3.11 million number, with IDA total ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Japan?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2005.
How do IDA total and Japan rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?: IDA total ranks 15th and Japan ranks 16th of 43 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Teachers in primary 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 primary education, female (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 241 places, 7,410 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of female teachers in public and private primary education institutions. 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.