Teachers in lower secondary education, female in Indonesia
Indonesia: Teachers in lower secondary education, female was 505,287 number in 2018. ▲ Rising
Teachers in lower secondary education, female in Indonesia, 1995–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 505,287 number for teachers in lower secondary education, female in 2018. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in lower secondary education, female in Indonesia peaked at 505,287 number in 2018 and was at its lowest, 202,746 number, in 1995.
Indonesia ranks 5th of 138 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Teachers in lower secondary education, female in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 202,746 number | — |
| 2001 | 261,152 number | +28.8% |
| 2002 | 278,136 number | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 280,544 number | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 279,337 number | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 324,262 number | +16.1% |
| 2007 | 407,537 number | +25.7% |
| 2008 | 430,267 number | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 432,335 number | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 445,975 number | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 463,039 number | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 414,230 number | -10.5% |
| 2013 | 461,489 number | +11.4% |
| 2014 | 466,206 number | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 471,019 number | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 487,467 number | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 505,287 number | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 202,746 number | 202,746 number | 202,746 number | 1 |
| 2000s | 336,696 number | 261,152 number | 432,335 number | 8 |
| 2010s | 464,339 number | 414,230 number | 505,287 number | 8 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More education data for Indonesia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.71 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.09 million (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 417,192 (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.34 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.69 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.51 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.58 % change on previous year (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in lower secondary education, female in Indonesia?
- Teachers in lower secondary education, female in Indonesia was 505,287 number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in lower secondary education, female recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 505,287 number in 2018.
- What is the lowest teachers in lower secondary education, female recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 202,746 number in 1995.
- How does Indonesia rank for teachers in lower secondary education, female?
- Indonesia ranks 5th out of 138 countries with data for 2018.
- Is teachers in lower secondary education, female rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.