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Teachers in pre-primary education, female (number) by country

Total number of female teachers in public and private pre-primary education institutions. 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...

Countries reporting
176
Highest
2.71 million number
China
Lowest
11 number
Gibraltar
Median
7,830 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
5,584

What the numbers show

Teachers in pre-primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 2.71 million number in China; the lowest is 11 number in Gibraltar.

The median across all reporting countries is 7,830 number, and the mean is 52,034 number.

Over the past decade 140 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 1,034.6%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 74.3%).

Teachers in pre-primary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 2.71 million number 2019 up 155.5% volatile
2 India 1.37 million number 2019 up 86.0% volatile
3 United States 577,360 number 2017 — rising
4 Indonesia 446,144 number 2018 up 35.9% volatile
5 Brazil 302,088 number 2018 down 21.1% volatile
6 Germany 296,960 number 2018 up 40.5% rising
7 Vietnam 261,651 number 2019 up 53.2% volatile
8 Mexico 227,330 number 2018 up 35.6% volatile
9 Ukraine 142,840 number 2012 up 19.1% rising
10 Italy 129,571 number 2018 down 8.0% rising
11 France 108,309 number 2018 down 7.2% rising
12 Japan 102,945 number 2005 up 3.2% rising
13 Poland 100,241 number 2018 up 100.6% rising
14 South Korea 97,928 number 2018 up 37.1% volatile
15 Spain 90,697 number 2018 down 9.5% volatile
16 Kenya 89,858 number 2016 up 38.2% volatile
17 Peru 85,857 number 2019 up 33.4% volatile
18 Kazakhstan 79,972 number 2014 up 221.7% rising
19 Turkey 79,672 number 2018 up 222.8% volatile
20 Sweden 79,118 number 2018 up 127.7% volatile
21 Uzbekistan 77,977 number 2019 up 37.6% flat
22 Argentina 68,884 number 2008 up 30.6% volatile
23 Philippines 63,134 number 2018 up 134.6% volatile
24 Egypt 59,340 number 2019 up 152.3% volatile
25 Malaysia 59,271 number 2019 up 41.1% rising
26 Ghana 51,747 number 2019 up 39.4% rising
27 Colombia 48,722 number 2014 up 0.9% rising
28 Nepal 45,600 number 2019 up 30.8% volatile
29 Belarus 43,712 number 2018 up 0.3% falling
30 Sudan 41,248 number 2017 up 46.3% rising
31 Sri Lanka 35,438 number 2018 up 31.8% rising
32 Belgium 34,923 number 2018 up 18.1% rising
33 Romania 34,605 number 2018 down 7.1% rising
34 Venezuela 32,382 number 1997 up 41.9% volatile
35 Madagascar 32,040 number 2019 up 422.2% volatile
36 Ecuador 31,510 number 2018 up 216.5% volatile
37 Denmark 28,916 number 2018 — volatile
38 United Kingdom 26,710 number 2018 down 45.3% rising
39 Netherlands 26,665 number 2018 down 9.9% rising
40 Cameroon 26,227 number 2019 up 108.3% volatile
41 Hungary 26,147 number 2016 down 14.5% rising
42 Morocco 25,825 number 2012 up 54.4% volatile
43 Czechia 24,708 number 2012 up 9.9% falling
44 Chile 24,683 number 2018 up 15.0% volatile
45 Guatemala 24,039 number 2012 up 46.3% rising
46 Uganda 23,861 number 2017 up 144.6% rising
47 Saudi Arabia 23,483 number 2019 up 32.9% rising
49 Austria 21,879 number 2017 up 37.1% rising
50 Ethiopia 21,860 number 2017 up 343.0% volatile
51 Bangladesh 21,155 number 2002 up 82.0% rising
52 Finland 18,718 number 2018 up 50.6% rising
53 Bulgaria 17,969 number 2018 down 0.9% falling
54 Iran 16,589 number 2005 up 170.6% volatile
55 Dominican Republic 16,581 number 2019 up 73.3% rising
56 Democratic Republic of Congo 16,551 number 2018 up 144.4% volatile
57 Tunisia 15,604 number 2016 up 205.0% volatile
58 Algeria 15,461 number 2019 up 14.6% volatile
59 Portugal 15,154 number 2018 down 7.7% volatile
60 Greece 14,754 number 2018 up 24.3% rising
61 Lebanon 14,537 number 2019 up 53.9% rising
62 New Zealand 14,422 number 2018 — volatile
63 Switzerland 14,403 number 2018 up 17.3% rising
64 Serbia 14,131 number 2019 up 36.1% rising
65 Slovakia 14,074 number 2018 up 30.4% falling
66 Hong Kong 13,829 number 2019 up 41.4% rising
67 Norway 12,806 number 2018 — falling
68 Laos 12,051 number 2019 up 258.0% volatile
69 Honduras 11,610 number 2019 up 40.1% volatile
70 Azerbaijan 11,231 number 2019 up 11.3% falling
71 Moldova 11,109 number 2019 down 0.9% falling
72 Lithuania 11,096 number 2018 down 12.5% falling
73 Bolivia 10,889 number 2018 up 50.5% rising
74 Costa Rica 10,872 number 2019 up 46.3% volatile
75 Myanmar 10,264 number 2018 up 62.1% rising
76 Nicaragua 9,881 number 2010 up 58.1% volatile
77 Tanzania 9,675 number 2019 up 8.9% rising
78 Palestine 9,400 number 2019 up 101.2% rising
79 Kuwait 9,390 number 2019 up 45.6% volatile
80 Cote d'Ivoire 9,289 number 2019 up 169.2% volatile
81 Croatia 9,261 number 2018 up 37.0% rising
82 Senegal 9,008 number 2019 up 132.7% volatile
83 Jamaica 8,723 number 2019 up 49.7% rising
84 Latvia 8,657 number 2018 up 28.7% rising
85 Canada 8,628 number 1996 down 16.4% falling
86 Liberia 8,482 number 2017 up 109.1% rising
87 Jordan 8,188 number 2019 up 62.3% volatile
88 Armenia 8,161 number 2019 up 53.3% rising
89 El Salvador 7,832 number 2018 down 4.0% volatile
90 Tajikistan 7,828 number 2017 up 61.5% rising
91 Estonia 7,809 number 2011 up 19.0% falling
92 Mongolia 7,542 number 2018 up 92.2% rising
93 Cambodia 7,427 number 2019 up 51.6% rising
94 Georgia 7,259 number 2007 up 24.9% volatile
95 Iraq 7,232 number 2007 up 49.4% rising
96 Cuba 6,970 number 1997 up 35.3% rising
97 Slovenia 6,453 number 2018 up 34.4% rising
98 Israel 6,430 number 1978 up 49.3% rising
99 Mali 6,142 number 2018 up 296.0% volatile
100 Panama 5,917 number 2017 up 19.4% volatile
101 Rwanda 5,872 number 2019 up 149.4% rising
102 Togo 5,770 number 2019 up 270.8% volatile
103 Paraguay 5,585 number 2012 up 16.7% rising
104 Syria 5,322 number 2013 down 11.1% volatile
105 United Arab Emirates 5,247 number 2016 up 7.5% volatile
106 Niger 5,240 number 2019 up 256.2% volatile
107 Sierra Leone 4,878 number 2019 up 173.6% volatile
108 Albania 4,820 number 2019 up 22.1% flat
109 Oman 4,335 number 2019 up 92.8% volatile
110 Burkina Faso 4,302 number 2019 up 253.5% volatile
111 Papua New Guinea 4,150 number 2016 up 315.8% volatile
112 Benin 3,936 number 2019 up 178.0% volatile
113 Ireland 3,784 number 1997 down 0.4% rising
114 Qatar 3,502 number 2019 up 112.6% volatile
115 Afghanistan 3,351 number 2003 — volatile
116 Kyrgyzstan 3,140 number 2011 up 27.7% rising
117 Lesotho 2,852 number 2016 up 29.7% rising
118 Iceland 2,720 number 2018 up 43.6% falling
119 North Macedonia 2,460 number 2012 down 14.0% falling
120 Bahrain 2,449 number 2019 up 59.1% volatile
121 Burundi 2,425 number 2019 up 105.7% volatile
122 Libya 2,396 number 2006 up 92.1% volatile
123 Trinidad and Tobago 2,377 number 2019 up 8.7% rising
124 Equatorial Guinea 2,149 number 2015 up 48.5% volatile
125 Mauritius 2,120 number 2019 down 15.3% volatile
126 Congo 2,074 number 2012 up 108.7% volatile
127 Gambia 2,047 number 2019 up 103.1% rising
128 Guinea 1,897 number 2010 up 353.8% volatile
129 Solomon Islands 1,785 number 2018 up 63.6% rising
130 Guyana 1,778 number 2012 down 19.5% rising
131 Cyprus 1,653 number 2018 up 40.6% volatile
132 Luxembourg 1,636 number 2018 up 31.8% volatile
133 Puerto Rico 1,574 number 2018 down 74.3% falling
134 Botswana 1,561 number 2014 up 8.9% rising
135 Eritrea 1,538 number 2018 up 50.0% volatile
136 Cape Verde 1,435 number 2018 up 39.6% rising
137 Maldives 1,386 number 2019 up 68.4% volatile
138 Yemen 1,338 number 2016 up 17.3% rising
139 Macao 1,298 number 2019 up 151.6% rising
140 Bhutan 885 number 2020 up 1,034.6% volatile
141 Vanuatu 881 number 2015 up 32.5% volatile
142 Brunei 836 number 2019 up 45.1% rising
143 Suriname 826 number 2019 up 1.8% rising
144 Malta 778 number 2017 up 5.9% rising
145 Singapore 776 number 1989 up 39.1% volatile
146 French Polynesia 640 number 1996 up 38.5% rising
147 Sao Tome and Principe 624 number 2015 up 287.6% volatile
147 East Timor 624 number 2019 up 171.3% rising
149 Chad 586 number 2019 up 22.6% rising
150 Saint Lucia 576 number 2016 up 67.4% flat
151 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 450 number 2018 up 19.0% rising
152 Belize 428 number 2019 up 14.7% rising
153 Fiji 410 number 2004 — rising
154 Samoa 409 number 2019 up 40.1% volatile
155 Antigua and Barbuda 360 number 2015 up 100.0% volatile
156 Barbados 332 number 2019 down 5.1% rising
157 Grenada 299 number 2018 up 17.3% rising
159 Tonga 214 number 2015 up 107.8% rising
160 Guinea-Bissau 212 number 2010 up 49.3% volatile
161 Djibouti 177 number 2018 up 160.3% volatile
162 Bahamas 174 number 2018 up 200.0% rising
163 Seychelles 166 number 2019 down 14.0% rising
164 Andorra 163 number 2019 down 4.1% rising
165 Saint Kitts and Nevis 156 number 2015 up 32.2% rising
166 Aruba 144 number 2012 up 19.0% rising
167 San Marino 137 number 2019 down 0.7% rising
168 Somalia 125 number 1986 up 104.9% rising
169 Dominica 122 number 2019 down 12.9% rising
171 British Virgin Islands 94 number 2016 up 108.9% volatile
172 Liechtenstein 91 number 2018 down 4.2% rising
173 Cayman Islands 63 number 2012 up 8.6% volatile
174 Bermuda 60 number 2016 up 5.3% falling
175 Tuvalu 55 number 2019 down 6.8% rising
176 Monaco 53 number 2020 up 20.5% rising
177 Turks and Caicos Islands 24 number 2018 down 63.6% volatile
178 Nauru 12 number 2019 down 70.7% falling
179 Gibraltar 11 number 2019 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in pre-primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
224 places, 5,584 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female teachers in public and private pre-primary education institutions. 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.