Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
153
Highest
88.0%
Armenia
Lowest
6.6%
Liberia
Median
58.0%
Years covered
55
1971–2025
Data points
8,227
What the numbers show
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female (%) is currently reported for 153 countries. The highest value is 88.0% in Armenia; the lowest is 6.6% in Liberia.
The median across all reporting countries is 58.0%, and the mean is 54.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 107.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 37.3%).
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 88.0% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 83.2% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 3 | Myanmar | 78.7% | 2018 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 4 | Lithuania | 78.1% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 5 | Belarus | 78.1% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 6 | Republic of Moldova | 78.0% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 7 | Latvia | 77.3% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 76.8% | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 75.3% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 75.1% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 11 | San Marino | 75.0% | 2024 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 73.5% | 2018 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 13 | Antigua and Barbuda | 72.9% | 2015 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 14 | Dominica | 72.8% | 2016 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 15 | Montserrat | 72.7% | 2009 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 16 | Romania | 72.7% | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 71.6% | 2024 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 18 | Malaysia | 71.5% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 19 | Slovakia | 71.4% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 20 | Saint Lucia | 71.3% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 21 | Mongolia | 70.4% | 2006 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 69.9% | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 23 | Albania | 69.6% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 24 | Estonia | 69.3% | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 25 | Bahamas | 69.1% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 26 | Brunei Darussalam | 69.1% | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 27 | Montenegro | 68.9% | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 28 | Portugal | 68.6% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 29 | Algeria | 68.2% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 30 | Oman | 68.2% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 31 | Croatia | 68.2% | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 32 | Israel | 68.0% | 2009 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 33 | Serbia | 67.5% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 34 | Slovenia | 67.2% | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 67.0% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 36 | Guyana | 66.8% | 2012 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 37 | Bermuda | 66.8% | 2016 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | Thailand | 66.8% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 39 | Lebanon | 65.8% | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 40 | Poland | 65.7% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 41 | Italy | 65.5% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 42 | Suriname | 65.4% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 43 | Barbados | 65.3% | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 44 | Grenada | 65.1% | 2018 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 45 | Gibraltar | 65.0% | 2017 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 45 | Cook Islands | 65.0% | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 65.0% | 2010 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 48 | British Virgin Islands | 64.9% | 2011 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 49 | Argentina | 64.5% | 2008 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 50 | Philippines | 64.2% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 63.9% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 52 | Hungary | 63.3% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63.1% | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 54 | Cayman Islands | 63.0% | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 55 | North Macedonia | 62.7% | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 56 | Cyprus | 62.6% | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 57 | Belgium | 62.2% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 58 | Malta | 62.1% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 59 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 62.1% | 2021 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 62.0% | 2012 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 61 | Belize | 61.6% | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 62 | Kiribati | 61.6% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 63 | Finland | 61.5% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 64 | Samoa | 61.4% | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 65 | New Zealand | 61.4% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 61.1% | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 67 | Cuba | 60.3% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 68 | South Africa | 60.0% | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 69 | Greece | 59.3% | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 70 | Indonesia | 59.1% | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 71 | Namibia | 59.0% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 72 | Republic of Korea | 58.7% | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 73 | United States of America | 58.4% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 74 | Bahrain | 58.3% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 75 | China | 58.1% | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 58.0% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 77 | Czechia | 58.0% | 2012 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 78 | Netherlands | 57.9% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 79 | Chile | 57.7% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 80 | Naoero | 57.7% | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 81 | Honduras | 57.6% | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 82 | Germany | 57.4% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 83 | Tuvalu | 57.1% | 2025 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 84 | Spain | 56.8% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 85 | Fiji | 56.7% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 86 | Kuwait | 56.6% | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 87 | Norway | 56.4% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 88 | Ecuador | 56.3% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 89 | Panama | 55.4% | 2017 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 90 | Jordan | 55.4% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 91 | Niue | 55.2% | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 92 | Brazil | 55.1% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 93 | Austria | 55.1% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 55.0% | 2008 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 95 | Tunisia | 54.8% | 2022 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 96 | Macau, China | 54.7% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 97 | Sweden | 54.6% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 98 | France | 54.4% | 2013 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 99 | Guatemala | 53.6% | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 100 | Iceland | 52.9% | 2012 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 101 | Türkiye | 52.5% | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 102 | Luxembourg | 52.4% | 2024 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 103 | El Salvador | 52.3% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 104 | Pakistan | 52.2% | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 105 | Palau | 51.9% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 106 | Maldives | 51.8% | 2022 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 107 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 51.8% | 2022 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 108 | Monaco | 51.0% | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 109 | Nigeria | 50.9% | 2021 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 110 | Saudi Arabia | 50.8% | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 111 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 50.7% | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 112 | Qatar | 50.7% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 113 | Denmark | 50.6% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 114 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 50.4% | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 115 | Mexico | 50.1% | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 116 | Liechtenstein | 50.0% | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 117 | Marshall Islands | 49.8% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 118 | Palestine, State of | 48.6% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 119 | Egypt | 47.8% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 120 | Cambodia | 47.2% | 2021 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 121 | Switzerland | 46.8% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 122 | India | 46.4% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 123 | Sudan | 45.8% | 2018 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 124 | Colombia | 45.7% | 2022 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 125 | Cape Verde | 45.4% | 2022 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 126 | Kenya | 41.9% | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 127 | Bhutan | 40.6% | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 128 | Madagascar | 38.3% | 2019 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 129 | Morocco | 36.4% | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 130 | Eritrea | 34.3% | 2022 | up 107.0% | rising |
| 131 | Timor-Leste | 31.6% | 2020 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 132 | Angola | 30.1% | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 133 | Rwanda | 29.0% | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 134 | Afghanistan | 28.1% | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 135 | Bangladesh | 28.1% | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 136 | Niger | 26.6% | 2024 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 137 | Djibouti | 26.2% | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 138 | Ghana | 24.0% | 2021 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 139 | Burundi | 20.6% | 2020 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 140 | Mozambique | 20.0% | 2013 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 141 | Ethiopia | 19.3% | 2024 | up 103.4% | rising |
| 142 | Nepal | 17.9% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 143 | Burkina Faso | 17.9% | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 144 | Senegal | 15.5% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 145 | Gambia | 15.0% | 2021 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 146 | Congo | 12.3% | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 147 | Mauritania | 10.7% | 2020 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 148 | Benin | 9.4% | 2014 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 149 | Mali | 9.3% | 2023 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 150 | Sierra Leone | 9.2% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 151 | Chad | 8.6% | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 152 | Comoros | 7.1% | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 153 | Liberia | 6.6% | 2020 | up 57.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 74.9%
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 74.9%
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 74.9%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 73.9%
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 73.0%
- WB: Caribbean Small States 70.9%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 68.1%
- SDG: Europe 68.1%
- GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 67.6%
- UIS: Central Asia 67.1%
- MDG: Caucasus and Central Asia 67.0%
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 66.8%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 66.8%
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 66.2%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 65.9%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 65.9%
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 65.8%
- AIMS: Central Asia 65.8%
- SDG: Central Asia 65.8%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 65.5%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 64.9%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 64.9%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 64.5%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 64.3%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 62.7%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 61.8%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 61.7%
- MDG: Developed Regions 61.4%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 61.3%
- WB: European Union 61.3%
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 61.2%
- UNICEF: Association of South East Asian Nations (asean) 61.1%
- ESCAP: Asean (asean) (unsdcode:98406) 61.0%
- ESCAP: South-east Asia (sea) (unsdcode:98419) 61.0%
- MDG: South-eastern Asia 61.0%
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 61.0%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 60.7%
- WB: Euro Area 60.5%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 60.3%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 60.2%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release