Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, female (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
93
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
26.1%
Belize
Median
97.2%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
2,524

What the numbers show

Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, female (%) is currently reported for 93 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 26.1% in Belize.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.2%, and the mean is 88.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 63.4%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 66.0%).

Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 United Arab Emirates 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Bangladesh 100.0% 2024 up 3.5% flat
1 Bahrain 100.0% 2024 up 3.8% rising
1 Belarus 100.0% 2024 up 1.8% flat
1 Barbados 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Côte d'Ivoire 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cayman Islands 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 100.0% 2021 flat
1 Djibouti 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Dominican Republic 100.0% 2024 up 33.5% rising
1 Egypt 100.0% 2024 unchanged falling
1 Spain 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Gibraltar 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Hong Kong, China 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Iran, Islamic Republic of 100.0% 2023 up 4.7% flat
1 Jamaica 100.0% 2024 up 15.2% rising
1 Jordan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Kazakhstan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Republic of Korea 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Macau, China 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Morocco 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 100.0% 2024 up 9.0% rising
1 Oman 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Philippines 100.0% 2022 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 100.0% 2020 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 El Salvador 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Serbia 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Thailand 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 Turkmenistan 100.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 United States of America 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
1 Uzbekistan 100.0% 2025 unchanged flat
36 Armenia 99.9% 2024 down 0.1% flat
37 Azerbaijan 99.9% 2024 up 0.1% flat
38 Costa Rica 99.2% 2020 up 0.9% flat
39 Indonesia 98.5% 2025 up 3.6% flat
40 Seychelles 98.5% 2024 up 13.2% rising
41 Bhutan 98.4% 2023 down 1.6% flat
42 Colombia 98.3% 2022 up 1.0% flat
43 Ecuador 97.7% 2024 up 9.4% rising
44 Albania 97.7% 2024 up 1.9% falling
45 San Marino 97.5% 2024 down 2.5% flat
46 Republic of Moldova 97.4% 2024 up 2.2% flat
47 Kiribati 97.2% 2024 down 2.8% rising
48 Tanzania, United Republic of 96.7% 2021 up 0.2% flat
49 Sri Lanka 96.4% 2023 up 16.1% rising
50 China 95.9% 2024 up 4.5% flat
51 Namibia 95.7% 2024 up 0.9% flat
52 Turks and Caicos Islands 95.7% 2024 up 5.6% flat
53 Lithuania 95.6% 2020 up 3.6% flat
54 Cape Verde 95.5% 2022 up 26.4% rising
55 Benin 95.5% 2022 up 46.6% rising
56 Senegal 95.2% 2023 up 6.3% rising
57 India 94.5% 2025 up 8.7% rising
58 Malaysia 94.1% 2024 down 5.9% flat
59 Mongolia 93.0% 2024 down 6.9% falling
60 Brunei Darussalam 92.9% 2023 down 3.2% flat
61 Tunisia 92.8% 2023 down 7.2% falling
62 Monaco 91.7% 2024 falling
63 Eritrea 91.4% 2022 up 5.5% rising
64 Micronesia, Federated States of 90.6% 2021 up 2.9% flat
65 Nepal 90.3% 2024 up 7.9% rising
66 Naoero 89.7% 2025 up 11.0% flat
67 Bahamas 88.7% 2024 up 8.0% rising
68 Niger 85.6% 2024 down 14.4% falling
69 Cuba 85.0% 2024 up 9.3% flat
70 Rwanda 84.3% 2024 up 32.9% rising
71 Afghanistan 84.3% 2023 up 9.4% rising
72 Panama 83.8% 2017 falling
73 Tuvalu 79.4% 2025 down 20.6% falling
74 Ghana 78.6% 2024 down 1.5% flat
75 Niue 77.3% 2024 down 22.7% falling
76 Eswatini 76.9% 2022 up 3.4% flat
77 Burkina Faso 76.5% 2024 down 21.1% falling
78 Marshall Islands 76.3% 2024 up 17.3% rising
79 Saint Lucia 73.2% 2024 down 26.8% falling
80 Sierra Leone 70.3% 2024 up 4.7% rising
81 Burundi 70.0% 2025 up 9.3% rising
82 Vanuatu 69.7% 2024 down 11.8% rising
83 Peru 67.9% 2023 flat
84 Dominica 65.5% 2023 up 36.9% rising
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 62.9% 2024 up 63.4% rising
86 Gambia 62.8% 2021 down 33.0% falling
87 Chad 61.4% 2024 up 20.9% rising
88 Cook Islands 50.5% 2024 down 42.7% falling
89 Grenada 45.6% 2024 down 54.4% falling
90 Palestine, State of 37.1% 2023 up 30.1% rising
91 Cameroon 36.2% 2023 down 33.7% falling
92 British Virgin Islands 32.1% 2023 down 66.0% falling
93 Belize 26.1% 2024 down 34.8% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
257 places, 2,524 data points, 2000–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release