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Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female (%) by country

Number of female teachers at the pre-primary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers (male and female) at the pre-primary 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...

Countries reporting
178
Highest
100.0%
Afghanistan
Lowest
34.4%
Bangladesh
Median
97.4%
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
5,574

What the numbers show

Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female (%) is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 34.4% in Bangladesh.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.4%, and the mean is 94.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Ecuador (up 91.6%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 28.9%).

Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 100.0% 2003 — flat
1 Albania 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Antigua and Barbuda 100.0% 2015 unchanged flat
1 Azerbaijan 100.0% 2019 up 0.2% flat
1 Bahamas 100.0% 2018 up 25.9% flat
1 Bermuda 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Cape Verde 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Cuba 100.0% 1997 unchanged flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2019 unchanged rising
1 Georgia 100.0% 2007 unchanged flat
1 Gibraltar 100.0% 2019 — flat
1 Grenada 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
1 Iraq 100.0% 2007 unchanged flat
1 Jordan 100.0% 2019 up 0.4% flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2015 unchanged flat
1 Saint Lucia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Liechtenstein 100.0% 2018 up 1.1% flat
1 Naoero 100.0% 2019 up 2.4% flat
1 Palestine, State of 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 French Polynesia 100.0% 1996 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 100.0% 2019 up 0.9% flat
1 Saudi Arabia 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 100.0% 1989 unchanged flat
1 Tonga 100.0% 2015 up 1.0% flat
1 Tuvalu 100.0% 2019 unchanged flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% 2018 unchanged flat
27 Sri Lanka 100.0% 2018 up 0.0% flat
28 Sudan 99.9% 2017 down 0.1% rising
29 Oman 99.9% 2019 up 0.5% flat
30 Bahrain 99.9% 2019 down 0.1% flat
31 Israel 99.9% 1978 down 0.0% flat
32 Viet Nam 99.8% 2019 up 1.7% flat
33 Armenia 99.8% 2019 up 0.1% flat
34 Kuwait 99.8% 2019 up 0.1% flat
35 Suriname 99.8% 2019 up 0.0% flat
36 Guyana 99.7% 2012 up 0.6% flat
37 Estonia 99.7% 2011 down 0.1% flat
38 Romania 99.7% 2018 down 0.0% flat
39 Bulgaria 99.7% 2018 down 0.1% flat
40 Myanmar 99.6% 2018 up 0.5% flat
41 Hungary 99.6% 2016 down 0.3% flat
42 Czechia 99.6% 2012 down 0.1% flat
43 Egypt 99.5% 2019 up 1.5% flat
44 Slovakia 99.5% 2018 down 0.3% flat
45 United Arab Emirates 99.5% 2016 down 0.3% flat
46 Malta 99.4% 2017 down 0.3% rising
47 Seychelles 99.4% 2019 down 0.6% flat
48 Cyprus 99.4% 2018 down 0.0% flat
49 North Macedonia 99.4% 2012 up 0.2% flat
50 Mauritius 99.3% 2019 down 0.1% flat
51 Trinidad and Tobago 99.3% 2019 down 0.7% flat
52 Latvia 99.2% 2018 down 0.3% flat
53 Kyrgyzstan 99.2% 2011 down 0.8% flat
54 American Samoa 99.2% 1992 up 1.2% flat
55 Lithuania 99.2% 2018 down 0.4% flat
56 Belize 99.1% 2019 up 0.4% flat
57 Belarus 99.0% 2018 down 0.1% flat
58 Fiji 99.0% 2004 — flat
59 Portugal 99.0% 2018 up 2.5% flat
60 British Virgin Islands 98.9% 2016 down 1.1% rising
61 Lao People's Democratic Republic 98.9% 2019 down 0.5% flat
62 Korea 98.9% 2018 down 0.3% rising
63 Italy 98.9% 2018 down 0.2% flat
64 Congo 98.7% 2012 down 1.0% falling
65 Croatia 98.7% 2018 down 0.4% flat
66 Greece 98.7% 2018 down 0.5% flat
67 Austria 98.7% 2017 down 0.1% flat
68 Ukraine 98.6% 2012 down 0.4% flat
69 San Marino 98.6% 2019 up 1.4% flat
70 Chile 98.5% 2018 up 0.4% flat
71 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 98.5% 1997 down 0.0% flat
72 Maldives 98.4% 2019 up 1.8% flat
73 Macau, China 98.3% 2019 down 1.1% flat
74 Tajikistan 98.3% 2017 down 1.7% flat
75 Botswana 98.2% 2014 up 1.0% flat
76 Lebanon 98.2% 2019 down 1.1% flat
77 Serbia 98.1% 2019 up 2.6% flat
78 Aruba 98.0% 2012 down 1.2% flat
79 Kazakhstan 98.0% 2014 down 0.6% flat
80 Lesotho 97.9% 2016 up 3.2% flat
81 Poland 97.8% 2018 down 0.1% flat
82 Japan 97.8% 2005 up 10.2% rising
83 Hong Kong, China 97.8% 2019 down 1.4% flat
84 Syrian Arab Republic 97.7% 2013 up 3.9% flat
85 Republic of Moldova 97.5% 2019 down 2.5% flat
86 Finland 97.4% 2018 up 0.8% flat
87 Slovenia 97.4% 2018 down 0.9% flat
88 Mongolia 97.4% 2018 down 1.4% flat
89 China 97.4% 2019 down 0.0% rising
90 New Zealand 97.3% 2018 — flat
91 Yemen 97.3% 2016 up 0.5% flat
92 Switzerland 97.2% 2018 down 0.9% flat
93 Peru 97.0% 2019 up 2.2% flat
94 India 96.9% 2019 down 3.1% rising
95 Samoa 96.7% 2019 down 1.0% rising
96 Côte d'Ivoire 96.6% 2019 up 3.5% falling
97 Belgium 96.6% 2018 down 1.4% flat
98 Andorra 96.4% 2019 up 4.4% rising
99 Libya 96.4% 2006 down 3.6% flat
100 Uzbekistan 96.2% 2019 up 1.0% flat
101 El Salvador 96.1% 2018 up 8.4% falling
102 Nicaragua 96.0% 2010 down 1.3% flat
103 Colombia 96.0% 2014 up 0.3% rising
104 Argentina 96.0% 2008 up 0.0% flat
105 Turks and Caicos Islands 96.0% 2018 up 1.8% rising
106 Eritrea 95.9% 2018 down 0.6% flat
107 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 95.9% 2018 up 1.5% flat
108 Luxembourg 95.8% 2018 down 2.6% flat
109 Malaysia 95.8% 2019 down 1.0% flat
110 Indonesia 95.8% 2018 down 1.0% falling
111 Sweden 95.6% 2018 down 0.4% flat
112 Vanuatu 95.6% 2015 up 4.6% flat
113 Germany 95.5% 2018 down 2.4% flat
114 Mexico 95.5% 2018 up 0.0% falling
115 Barbados 95.4% 2019 down 1.3% rising
116 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 95.4% 2018 up 0.1% rising
117 Panama 95.4% 2017 up 1.4% falling
118 Ecuador 95.4% 2018 up 91.6% falling
119 Brazil 94.9% 2018 down 2.0% flat
120 Tunisia 94.8% 2016 down 0.4% falling
121 Brunei Darussalam 94.8% 2019 down 1.9% rising
122 Dominican Republic 94.6% 2019 up 0.3% flat
123 Honduras 94.6% 2019 up 0.9% falling
124 Türkiye 94.6% 2018 down 0.8% flat
125 Cameroon 94.3% 2019 down 3.3% flat
126 Sao Tome and Principe 94.3% 2015 up 0.7% flat
127 United States of America 94.2% 2017 — flat
128 Somalia 94.0% 1986 up 4.8% rising
129 Iceland 93.9% 2018 down 2.6% falling
130 Bhutan 93.5% 2020 down 5.3% rising
131 Costa Rica 93.3% 2019 down 0.6% falling
132 Ethiopia 93.2% 2017 up 51.3% falling
133 Monaco 93.0% 2020 down 2.8% rising
134 Puerto Rico 92.9% 2018 up 12.0% rising
135 Niger 92.9% 2019 down 1.0% falling
136 Spain 92.8% 2018 down 2.5% falling
137 Timor-Leste 92.4% 2019 down 4.7% falling
138 Guatemala 92.1% 2012 up 1.5% flat
139 Mali 92.0% 2018 down 2.9% rising
140 Cambodia 92.0% 2019 down 2.2% flat
141 Norway 91.5% 2018 — flat
142 Togo 91.4% 2019 down 4.4% flat
143 France 91.1% 2018 up 10.9% rising
144 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 90.8% 2018 down 2.9% rising
145 Philippines 90.5% 2018 down 6.7% rising
146 Equatorial Guinea 90.4% 2015 up 3.4% rising
147 Cayman Islands 90.0% 2012 down 8.4% flat
148 Iran, Islamic Republic of 89.4% 2005 down 10.3% falling
149 Denmark 89.3% 2018 — falling
150 Paraguay 88.7% 2012 up 0.6% falling
151 Jamaica 88.6% 2019 down 9.5% falling
152 Nepal 88.6% 2019 down 3.4% rising
153 Central African Republic 88.5% 2016 up 2.0% falling
154 Chad 88.3% 2019 up 11.7% falling
155 Burundi 88.0% 2019 up 35.7% falling
156 Netherlands 87.9% 2018 up 2.8% falling
157 Sierra Leone 87.6% 2019 up 6.5% flat
158 Uganda 86.3% 2017 up 14.7% rising
159 Solomon Islands 85.7% 2018 up 0.7% falling
160 Burkina Faso 85.5% 2019 up 21.1% flat
161 Rwanda 84.7% 2019 up 5.8% flat
162 Djibouti 84.3% 2018 down 3.3% falling
163 Ghana 83.7% 2019 down 1.6% falling
164 Kenya 81.1% 2016 down 7.1% falling
165 Madagascar 79.1% 2019 down 18.5% falling
166 South Africa 78.6% 2014 up 3.1% falling
167 Ireland 78.5% 1997 up 3.0% rising
168 Tanzania, United Republic of 78.4% 2019 up 44.4% rising
169 Senegal 77.2% 2019 down 0.6% flat
170 Algeria 74.3% 2011 down 15.7% falling
171 Benin 72.6% 2019 down 1.7% rising
172 Morocco 68.6% 2012 up 54.8% volatile
173 Guinea-Bissau 68.6% 2010 down 6.3% falling
174 Canada 67.0% 1996 down 2.9% flat
175 Liberia 62.1% 2017 up 41.8% rising
176 Gambia 59.2% 2019 up 14.7% flat
177 Guinea 52.7% 2010 down 28.9% falling
178 Bangladesh 34.4% 2002 up 86.4% 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 teachers in pre-primary education who are female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
223 places, 5,574 data points, 1970–2020
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Number of female teachers at the pre-primary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers (male and female) at the pre-primary 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.