Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Mali or Senegal?

Mali, at 20,750 number against 20,599 number in Senegal as of 2018.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Senegal?

32 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2015.

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.

Mali vs Senegal: Teachers in primary education, female

Mali

20,750 number

in 2018

Senegal

20,599 number

in 2019

Mali rank

101st

Senegal rank

102nd

Teachers in primary education, female over time

Mali
Senegal

How they compare

Mali currently reports 20,750 number against 20,599 number in Senegal, a difference of 151 number.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Senegal ahead.

Mali ranks 101st and Senegal ranks 102nd of 196 countries.

Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mali	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1970s	1,266 number	1,837 number	571 number	Senegal
1980s	1,627 number	2,971 number	1,345 number	Senegal
1990s	2,216 number	3,723 number	1,508 number	Senegal
2000s	6,871 number	8,683 number	1,813 number	Senegal
2010s	13,715 number	17,974 number	4,259 number	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher teachers in primary education, female, Mali or Senegal?: Mali, at 20,750 number against 20,599 number in Senegal as of 2018.
What is the difference in teachers in primary education, female between Mali and Senegal?: 151 number, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Senegal?: 32 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2015.
How do Mali and Senegal rank globally for teachers in primary education, female?: Mali ranks 101st and Senegal ranks 102nd of 196 countries.
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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Mali vs Senegal: Teachers in primary education, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/teachers-in-primary-education-female-number/mali/senegal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/teachers-in-primary-education-female-number/mali/senegal/">Mali vs Senegal: Teachers in primary education, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.