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Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number) by country

Total number of female teachers in public and private post-secondary non-tertiary education institutions (ISCED 4). 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...

Countries reporting
64
Highest
42,170 number
Germany
Lowest
0 number
Andorra
Median
191.5 number
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
696

What the numbers show

Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number) is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 42,170 number in Germany; the lowest is 0 number in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 191.5 number, and the mean is 2,592 number.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 2,750.0%), and the largest decrease in Panama (down 100.0%).

Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 42,170 number 2018 down 7.4% falling
2 India 30,881 number 2016 up 851.6% volatile
3 Brazil 23,573 number 2018 up 10.4% flat
4 Poland 13,745 number 2018 down 18.3% rising
5 Kazakhstan 10,688 number 2019 down 9.7% rising
6 Greece 5,566 number 2018 down 4.4% flat
7 Saudi Arabia 4,324 number 2019 — volatile
8 South Africa 4,031 number 2018 up 6.2% rising
9 Georgia 3,649 number 2007 down 14.5% falling
10 Hungary 3,012 number 2016 down 18.5% falling
11 Bangladesh 2,998 number 2017 up 296.6% volatile
12 Belgium 2,497 number 2018 down 0.9% flat
13 Malaysia 2,195 number 2008 up 90.2% rising
14 Cameroon 2,159 number 2016 up 192.9% rising
15 Syrian Arab Republic 1,935 number 2013 down 19.7% rising
16 Kyrgyzstan 1,550 number 2019 down 39.5% rising
17 Romania 1,446 number 2018 up 112.6% rising
18 Czechia 1,272 number 2012 up 20.3% volatile
19 New Zealand 983.4 number 2018 down 11.4% flat
20 Lithuania 886 number 2018 up 65.3% rising
21 Austria 740.71 number 2017 down 79.4% volatile
22 Finland 642 number 2018 — volatile
23 Slovakia 547 number 2018 up 305.2% volatile
24 Lao People's Democratic Republic 436 number 2017 up 3.6% rising
25 Bahrain 412 number 2019 — flat
26 Ghana 389 number 2012 up 49.6% rising
27 Trinidad and Tobago 369 number 2010 up 94.2% rising
28 Cambodia 296 number 2007 up 37.7% flat
29 Barbados 290 number 2019 down 64.8% volatile
30 Namibia 222 number 2017 up 344.0% volatile
31 Sweden 220.35 number 2018 down 40.0% rising
32 Maldives 210 number 2003 — volatile
33 Saint Lucia 173 number 2018 up 90.1% rising
34 Latvia 165 number 2018 up 21.3% falling
35 Rwanda 126 number 2019 up 35.5% rising
36 Guyana 116 number 2017 up 197.4% volatile
37 Gibraltar 111 number 2019 — volatile
38 Cuba 105 number 2012 down 89.8% volatile
39 Kuwait 102 number 2009 down 69.2% volatile
40 Seychelles 101 number 2019 up 152.5% rising
41 Bulgaria 96 number 2018 down 66.7% rising
42 Belize 84 number 2008 up 236.0% rising
43 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73 number 2012 up 46.0% rising
44 Bhutan 57 number 2020 up 2,750.0% volatile
45 Antigua and Barbuda 52 number 2012 down 51.9% falling
46 Dominica 48 number 2013 down 20.0% rising
47 Eritrea 31 number 2017 — volatile
48 Slovenia 18 number 2008 down 64.0% volatile
49 Grenada 16 number 2018 down 50.0% volatile
50 Cayman Islands 15 number 2018 up 25.0% volatile
50 Mauritania 15 number 2012 up 150.0% volatile
50 Cyprus 15 number 2017 — volatile
53 Djibouti 14 number 2019 — volatile
54 Comoros 10 number 2004 up 400.0% volatile
55 Eswatini 6 number 2014 — volatile
56 Republic of Moldova 5 number 2019 down 94.7% volatile
56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 number 2015 down 83.9% volatile
58 Malta 3 number 2017 down 94.4% volatile
59 Naoero 2 number 2019 — volatile
60 Niger 1 number 2017 down 80.0% volatile
61 Panama 0 number 2017 down 100.0% volatile
61 Cape Verde 0 number 2018 down 100.0% falling
61 Liechtenstein 0 number 2017 down 100.0% volatile
61 Andorra 0 number 2019 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
68 places, 696 data points, 1998–2020
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Total number of female teachers in public and private post-secondary non-tertiary education institutions (ISCED 4). 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.