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Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number) by country

Total number of female teachers in public and private lower secondary education institutions (ISCED 2). 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,...

Countries reporting
138
Highest
2.12 million number
China (People’s Republic of)
Lowest
56 number
Gibraltar
Median
13,432 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
2,960

What the numbers show

Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number) is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 2.12 million number in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 56 number in Gibraltar.

The median across all reporting countries is 13,432 number, and the mean is 69,974 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37,785.

Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 964.3%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 31.6%).

Teachers in lower secondary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China (People’s Republic of) 2.12 million number 2019 up 21.3% rising
2 India 1.62 million number 2019 up 110.0% rising
3 United States 584,243 number 2017 — rising
4 Brazil 512,117 number 2018 down 10.3% rising
5 Indonesia 505,287 number 2018 up 17.4% rising
6 Pakistan 339,878 number 2019 up 39.5% rising
7 Germany 274,083 number 2018 up 8.8% rising
8 Philippines 238,700 number 2018 up 147.2% rising
9 Mexico 212,825 number 2012 up 27.5% rising
10 Viet Nam 200,958 number 2019 down 4.8% rising
11 Türkiye 195,037 number 2018 up 90.9% volatile
12 Uzbekistan 173,783 number 2017 up 8.8% rising
13 Egypt 157,365 number 2019 up 21.5% rising
14 France 146,454 number 2018 down 4.2% falling
15 Italy 133,345 number 2018 down 7.7% falling
16 Argentina 111,171 number 2008 down 1.9% falling
17 Myanmar 95,255 number 2018 up 90.3% rising
18 United Kingdom 94,783 number 2018 up 0.5% rising
19 Spain 84,556 number 2018 down 21.9% rising
20 Thailand 81,805 number 2019 up 6.4% rising
21 Nigeria 81,472 number 2010 up 167.4% rising
22 Iran, Islamic Republic of 77,889 number 2017 down 23.6% falling
23 Korea 72,568 number 2018 up 7.6% rising
24 Colombia 68,883 number 2017 up 10.2% rising
25 Poland 65,167 number 2018 down 25.9% falling
26 Saudi Arabia 60,674 number 2019 down 16.7% falling
27 Sri Lanka 60,052 number 2018 up 27.3% rising
28 Malaysia 56,006 number 2004 up 37.6% rising
29 Romania 49,711 number 2018 down 14.0% falling
30 Bangladesh 45,321 number 2019 up 7.5% rising
31 Belarus 43,807 number 2018 down 9.2% falling
32 Kenya 35,736 number 2015 up 125.3% rising
33 Morocco 33,768 number 2019 up 56.7% rising
34 Ghana 33,763 number 2019 up 101.3% rising
35 Austria 31,856 number 2017 up 8.7% rising
36 Belgium 31,708 number 2018 up 24.7% rising
37 Netherlands 31,391 number 2018 up 8.0% rising
38 Hungary 30,500 number 2016 down 20.5% falling
39 Portugal 28,753 number 2018 down 16.8% flat
40 Greece 28,038 number 2018 down 1.5% rising
41 Ecuador 26,420 number 2018 up 19.1% rising
42 Cuba 25,752 number 2019 down 4.1% rising
43 Ethiopia 25,538 number 2011 up 182.2% volatile
44 Madagascar 25,090 number 2018 up 65.0% rising
45 Czechia 24,454 number 2012 down 24.5% falling
46 Serbia 23,970 number 2019 up 17.7% rising
47 Sweden 23,651 number 2018 down 8.0% rising
48 Israel 23,622 number 2018 up 3.6% flat
49 Tunisia 21,868 number 2018 up 3.2% rising
50 Oman 21,811 number 2019 — volatile
51 Afghanistan 21,084 number 2018 up 114.4% rising
52 Lebanon 20,877 number 2016 up 70.0% rising
53 Jordan 19,527 number 2019 up 76.3% rising
54 Chile 18,863 number 2018 up 1.9% rising
55 Norway 18,474 number 2018 up 10.6% rising
56 Palestine, State of 18,366 number 2019 up 57.8% rising
57 Lithuania 17,916 number 2018 down 16.3% falling
58 Nepal 17,796 number 2019 up 243.4% volatile
59 Croatia 17,611 number 2018 up 29.2% rising
60 Slovak Republic 17,480 number 2018 down 7.7% falling
61 Switzerland 17,010 number 2018 down 8.0% falling
62 Denmark 16,616 number 2018 — rising
63 Georgia 15,455 number 2019 down 18.9% falling
64 Kuwait 15,401 number 2019 up 63.4% rising
65 Finland 15,172 number 2018 up 11.9% rising
66 Honduras 14,796 number 2019 up 134.6% rising
67 United Arab Emirates 14,336 number 2016 up 90.4% rising
68 Bulgaria 13,877 number 2018 down 21.5% falling
69 Guatemala 13,442 number 2019 down 24.0% rising
70 Cambodia 13,421 number 2019 up 56.2% rising
71 Republic of Moldova 12,863 number 2019 down 20.0% falling
72 Costa Rica 12,826 number 2019 up 24.5% rising
73 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12,614 number 2019 up 126.1% volatile
74 New Zealand 11,350 number 2018 up 1.5% rising
75 Dominican Republic 11,011 number 2019 down 4.3% rising
76 Albania 10,090 number 2019 up 1.8% rising
77 Zambia 9,867 number 2014 up 373.5% volatile
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,301 number 2019 up 2.6% flat
79 Panama 8,500 number 2017 up 40.7% rising
80 Burkina Faso 8,176 number 2019 up 313.3% rising
81 Hong Kong, China 8,124 number 2005 — rising
82 Mongolia 7,675 number 2007 up 29.3% rising
83 Slovenia 7,182 number 2016 up 14.7% rising
84 Benin 7,175 number 2014 up 532.7% volatile
85 North Macedonia 6,702 number 2018 up 42.2% rising
86 El Salvador 6,330 number 2018 down 14.7% rising
87 Latvia 6,277 number 2018 down 19.7% falling
88 Nicaragua 5,936 number 2008 up 48.7% rising
89 Niger 5,106 number 2018 up 334.2% volatile
90 Puerto Rico 4,686 number 2018 down 31.6% falling
91 Mozambique 3,817 number 2013 up 174.4% volatile
92 Mali 3,714 number 2018 up 145.8% volatile
93 Estonia 3,684 number 2018 down 12.1% falling
94 Burundi 3,465 number 2019 up 91.6% rising
95 Sierra Leone 3,155 number 2019 up 77.5% rising
96 Qatar 3,055 number 2019 up 74.5% rising
97 Bahrain 2,790 number 2019 up 17.5% rising
98 Trinidad and Tobago 2,568 number 2009 up 29.2% rising
99 Senegal 2,443 number 2008 up 311.3% volatile
100 Suriname 2,258 number 2019 up 43.3% rising
101 Cyprus 2,251 number 2018 up 4.1% rising
102 Guyana 2,071 number 2012 up 5.4% flat
103 Bhutan 1,893 number 2020 up 132.6% volatile
104 Maldives 1,876 number 2019 up 51.7% rising
105 Timor-Leste 1,396 number 2019 up 108.0% rising
106 Malta 1,375 number 2017 down 22.1% falling
107 Gambia 1,356 number 2019 up 134.2% volatile
108 Luxembourg 1,195 number 2018 up 16.1% rising
109 Belize 1,174 number 2019 up 37.1% rising
110 Brunei Darussalam 1,007 number 2019 down 21.9% rising
111 Eritrea 1,002 number 2018 up 294.5% volatile
112 Cape Verde 982 number 2018 up 20.9% rising
113 Bahamas 836 number 2018 down 19.5% flat
114 Comoros 826 number 2018 up 103.4% rising
115 Liberia 769 number 2017 up 158.1% falling
116 Macau, China 762 number 2019 up 0.1% rising
117 Chad 739 number 2018 up 87.1% rising
118 Guinea 691 number 2011 up 48.0% rising
119 Mauritania 530 number 2019 up 158.5% rising
120 Saint Lucia 430 number 2019 down 2.5% rising
121 Djibouti 399 number 2020 up 63.5% rising
122 Barbados 349 number 2019 — flat
123 Antigua and Barbuda 340 number 2012 up 75.3% rising
124 Sao Tome and Principe 298 number 2017 up 964.3% volatile
125 Grenada 284 number 2018 down 22.6% falling
126 Andorra 272 number 2012 up 8.4% rising
127 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 270 number 2010 up 65.6% rising
128 Kiribati 256 number 2016 up 25.5% rising
128 Samoa 256 number 2010 up 4.1% rising
130 Bermuda 230 number 2016 down 8.4% rising
131 Dominica 202 number 2016 up 29.5% rising
132 Liechtenstein 164 number 2018 up 15.5% rising
133 Saint Kitts and Nevis 151 number 2012 down 7.9% flat
134 Monaco 124 number 2020 — rising
135 Cayman Islands 115 number 2018 up 33.7% rising
136 San Marino 114 number 2019 up 32.6% rising
137 British Virgin Islands 93 number 2011 up 40.9% rising
138 Gibraltar 56 number 2017 down 15.2% flat

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
Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 2,960 data points, 1970–2020
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Total number of female teachers in public and private lower secondary education institutions (ISCED 2). 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.