Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female (%) by country
Number of female teachers at the lower secondary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers (male and female) at the lower secondary level in a given school year. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils...
Countries reporting
138
Highest
89.5%
Myanmar
Lowest
5.7%
Guinea
Median
62.9%
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
2,960
What the numbers show
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female (%) is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 89.5% in Myanmar; the lowest is 5.7% in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.9%, and the mean is 57.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 142.4%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 35.4%).
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myanmar | 89.5% | 2018 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 2 | Latvia | 84.6% | 2018 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 3 | Estonia | 82.8% | 2018 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 4 | Lithuania | 82.4% | 2018 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Georgia | 82.4% | 2019 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 81.8% | 2019 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 7 | Belarus | 81.8% | 2018 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 80.1% | 2018 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 9 | Slovenia | 79.3% | 2016 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Suriname | 79.0% | 2019 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 11 | Israel | 78.7% | 2018 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 12 | Bahamas | 77.6% | 2018 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 12 | San Marino | 77.6% | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 14 | Italy | 77.0% | 2018 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 15 | Hungary | 76.7% | 2016 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 16 | Slovakia | 75.9% | 2018 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 17 | Poland | 75.4% | 2018 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 18 | Mongolia | 74.6% | 2007 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 19 | Finland | 74.6% | 2018 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 20 | Norway | 74.5% | 2018 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 21 | Czechia | 74.4% | 2012 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 22 | Croatia | 73.8% | 2018 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 73.6% | 2018 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 24 | Philippines | 73.4% | 2018 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 25 | Dominica | 72.9% | 2016 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 26 | Guyana | 72.9% | 2012 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 27 | Romania | 72.8% | 2018 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 28 | Cyprus | 72.7% | 2018 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 29 | Argentina | 72.5% | 2008 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 30 | Lebanon | 72.5% | 2016 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 31 | Austria | 72.4% | 2017 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 32 | Pakistan | 72.2% | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 72.2% | 2019 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 34 | Portugal | 71.9% | 2018 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 71.5% | 2018 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 36 | Cuba | 70.9% | 2019 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 37 | Brunei Darussalam | 70.8% | 2019 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 38 | Republic of Korea | 70.6% | 2018 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 39 | Cayman Islands | 70.1% | 2018 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 40 | Malta | 70.1% | 2017 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 41 | Saint Lucia | 70.0% | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 69.8% | 2016 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 43 | Thailand | 68.7% | 2019 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 44 | Oman | 68.6% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 45 | Viet Nam | 68.3% | 2019 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 46 | Chile | 68.2% | 2018 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 47 | Antigua and Barbuda | 68.1% | 2012 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 48 | Bermuda | 68.0% | 2016 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 49 | Albania | 67.6% | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 50 | United States of America | 67.1% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 51 | Brazil | 67.1% | 2018 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 52 | Greece | 67.0% | 2018 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 53 | New Zealand | 67.0% | 2018 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 54 | Germany | 66.4% | 2018 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 55 | Serbia | 66.3% | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 56 | Andorra | 65.2% | 2012 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 57 | Sweden | 65.2% | 2018 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 58 | Belize | 65.1% | 2019 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 59 | Grenada | 64.8% | 2018 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 60 | Malaysia | 64.4% | 2004 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 61 | Gibraltar | 64.4% | 2017 | up 51.2% | flat |
| 62 | British Virgin Islands | 64.1% | 2011 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 63 | Barbados | 64.0% | 2019 | — | flat |
| 64 | Belgium | 63.9% | 2018 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 65 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 63.8% | 2010 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 66 | Kiribati | 63.2% | 2016 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 67 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 63.2% | 2018 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63.0% | 2019 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 63.0% | 2009 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 70 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 62.9% | 2012 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 71 | Honduras | 62.7% | 2019 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 62.6% | 2017 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 73 | Monaco | 62.3% | 2020 | — | falling |
| 74 | Denmark | 62.2% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 75 | Samoa | 62.1% | 2010 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 76 | Panama | 62.0% | 2017 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 77 | Macau, China | 61.9% | 2019 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 78 | Ecuador | 61.4% | 2018 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 79 | France | 60.6% | 2018 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 80 | Spain | 60.4% | 2018 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 81 | Bahrain | 60.3% | 2019 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 60.0% | 2018 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 83 | Liechtenstein | 59.9% | 2018 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 84 | Palestine, State of | 59.1% | 2019 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 85 | Qatar | 58.9% | 2019 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 86 | Maldives | 58.8% | 2019 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 87 | Tunisia | 58.5% | 2018 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 88 | Kuwait | 57.6% | 2019 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 89 | Costa Rica | 57.6% | 2019 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 90 | Türkiye | 57.4% | 2018 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 91 | Jordan | 57.0% | 2019 | up 45.9% | falling |
| 92 | El Salvador | 57.0% | 2018 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 93 | China | 57.0% | 2019 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 94 | Indonesia | 56.8% | 2018 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 95 | Hong Kong, China | 56.0% | 2005 | — | flat |
| 96 | Switzerland | 55.6% | 2018 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 55.5% | 2008 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 98 | Luxembourg | 53.8% | 2018 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 99 | Netherlands | 53.7% | 2018 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 100 | Colombia | 53.1% | 2017 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 101 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 52.8% | 2017 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 102 | Mexico | 51.8% | 2012 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 103 | Egypt | 51.5% | 2019 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 104 | Saudi Arabia | 51.5% | 2019 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 105 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 51.2% | 2019 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 106 | Nigeria | 50.6% | 2010 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 107 | Kenya | 50.5% | 2015 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 108 | India | 48.3% | 2019 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 47.9% | 2018 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 110 | Bhutan | 45.7% | 2020 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 111 | Cambodia | 45.6% | 2019 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 112 | Zambia | 44.0% | 2014 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 113 | Madagascar | 42.8% | 2018 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 114 | Timor-Leste | 41.3% | 2019 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 115 | Morocco | 40.8% | 2019 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 36.0% | 2018 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 117 | Sao Tome and Principe | 34.8% | 2017 | up 142.4% | rising |
| 118 | Burundi | 31.4% | 2019 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 119 | Nepal | 30.5% | 2019 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 120 | Guatemala | 29.8% | 2019 | down 34.0% | flat |
| 121 | Ethiopia | 28.9% | 2011 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 122 | Djibouti | 26.9% | 2020 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 123 | Ghana | 26.4% | 2019 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 124 | Gambia | 25.6% | 2019 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 125 | Niger | 23.5% | 2018 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 126 | Bangladesh | 23.5% | 2019 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 127 | Eritrea | 23.2% | 2018 | up 134.8% | rising |
| 128 | Mozambique | 21.0% | 2013 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 129 | Senegal | 18.8% | 2008 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 17.4% | 2019 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 131 | Sierra Leone | 15.9% | 2019 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 132 | Mali | 15.7% | 2018 | up 19.0% | falling |
| 133 | Comoros | 14.9% | 2018 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 134 | Benin | 11.9% | 2014 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 135 | Mauritania | 11.7% | 2019 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 136 | Chad | 7.1% | 2018 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 137 | Liberia | 6.7% | 2017 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Guinea | 5.7% | 2011 | down 35.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 75.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 70.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 69.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 68.8%
- Caribbean Small States 67.7%
- European Union 67.5%
- North America 67.1%
- Euro area 66.6%
- Post-demographic dividend 65.2%
- High income 64.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 62.7%
- OECD members 62.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 61.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 61.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 61.3%
- Upper middle income 60.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 59.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 59.3%
- IDA blend 58.9%
- East Asia & Pacific 58.5%
- IBRD only 58.2%
- World 57.0%
- Middle income 56.9%
- IDA & IBRD total 55.7%
- Low & middle income 55.5%
- Pacific island small states 53.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 53.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 52.5%
- Lower middle income 52.0%
- Arab World 51.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 50.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 50.5%
- South Asia 49.9%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 49.9%
- Small states 49.7%
- Other small states 45.4%
- IDA total 44.6%
- Pre-demographic dividend 35.3%
- IDA only 33.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 33.5%
About this data
Number of female teachers at the lower secondary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers (male and female) at the lower secondary level in a given school year. 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.