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

Name: Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number)
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Countries reporting

138

Highest

2.12 million number

China

Lowest

56 number

Gibraltar

Median

13,432 number

Years covered

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; 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 (number) (Teachers): full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	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	Vietnam	200,958 number	2019	down 4.8%	rising
11	Turkey	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	77,889 number	2017	down 23.6%	falling
23	South 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	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	Slovakia	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	Moldova	12,863 number	2019	down 20.0%	falling
72	Costa Rica	12,826 number	2019	up 24.5%	rising
73	Laos	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	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	East Timor	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	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	Macao	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.

World 11.85 million number
IDA & IBRD total 9.66 million number
Low & middle income 9.54 million number
Middle income 9.25 million number
IBRD only 8.28 million number
Upper middle income 5.46 million number
Early-demographic dividend 4.57 million number
Late-demographic dividend 4.49 million number
Lower middle income 3.78 million number
East Asia & Pacific 3.62 million number
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 3.38 million number
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.36 million number
Europe & Central Asia 2.90 million number
OECD members 2.57 million number
High income 2.32 million number
Post-demographic dividend 2.23 million number
South Asia 2.11 million number
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 2.11 million number
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.79 million number
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.66 million number
IDA total 1.40 million number
Latin America & Caribbean 1.29 million number
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.26 million number
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.23 million number
European Union 1.22 million number
Euro area 873,577 number
IDA blend 768,176 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 695,341 number
Arab World 625,377 number
North America 615,374 number
IDA only 612,847 number
Sub-Saharan Africa 554,387 number
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 554,387 number
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 552,804 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 547,200 number
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 528,834 number
Pre-demographic dividend 517,317 number
Least developed countries 499,775 number
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 357,752 number
Low income 293,059 number

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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
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

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.