Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Teachers in primary education, female (number). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
29.19 % change on previous year
Libya
Lowest
-21.05 % change on previous year
Nigeria
Median
1.71 % change on previous year
Years covered
50
1971–2020
Data points
6,479
What the numbers show
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 29.19 % change on previous year in Libya; the lowest is -21.05 % change on previous year in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.71 % change on previous year, and the mean is 2.66 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 67,632.3%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 5,369.6%).
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Libya | 29.19 % change on previous year | 1981 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 2 | Slovenia | 26.9 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 14,758.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Algeria | 24.15 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 217.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Poland | 22.3 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 1,254.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Somalia | 21.21 % change on previous year | 1980 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Maldives | 18.91 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 1,242.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 17.79 % change on previous year | 2012 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Armenia | 16.38 % change on previous year | 2007 | up 238.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 14.17 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 1,561.5% | volatile |
| 10 | South Africa | 13.81 % change on previous year | 2015 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Gabon | 13.41 % change on previous year | 2003 | up 304.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Jordan | 12.78 % change on previous year | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Malawi | 12.69 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 737.6% | rising |
| 14 | Djibouti | 12.02 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 354.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Jamaica | 11.94 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 3,994.6% | volatile |
| 16 | American Samoa | 11.8 % change on previous year | 1992 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 11.49 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.37 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 911.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Morocco | 10.3 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | 9.7 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 9.63 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 489.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Fiji | 9.31 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 853.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Honduras | 8.77 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 307.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 8.4 % change on previous year | 2004 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Togo | 8.33 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Palestine, State of | 8.29 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Nepal | 8.17 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Cameroon | 8.11 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 7.91 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 374.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.84 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 152.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Ghana | 7.65 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 3,589.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 7.53 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 177.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Haiti | 7.32 % change on previous year | 1998 | up 120.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea | 6.98 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Macau, China | 6.96 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 243.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 6.69 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 67,632.3% | volatile |
| 37 | India | 6.61 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Kenya | 6.41 % change on previous year | 2015 | up 237.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Congo | 6.36 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Gambia | 6.19 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Mongolia | 5.79 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 177.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 5.47 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Rwanda | 5.46 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 200.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Dominica | 5.42 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 578.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Sweden | 5.38 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 1,547.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 5.14 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Bermuda | 5.12 % change on previous year | 2014 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 48 | China | 5.02 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 474.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Denmark | 5 % change on previous year | 2001 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Belize | 4.75 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 180.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Austria | 4.65 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 424.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.63 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 4.52 % change on previous year | 2008 | up 239.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Malta | 4.44 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Kuwait | 4.36 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Lesotho | 4.19 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 119.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.19 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Kiribati | 4.16 % change on previous year | 2008 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Luxembourg | 4.07 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Suriname | 4.03 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 61 | French Polynesia | 3.76 % change on previous year | 1996 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Hong Kong, China | 3.65 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 402.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 3.63 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Cyprus | 3.53 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Mauritius | 3.48 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 115.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3.45 % change on previous year | 1987 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 3.31 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Uganda | 3.18 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Qatar | 3.16 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Chile | 3.15 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 2,656.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Eritrea | 3.07 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 223.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Tunisia | 3.03 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Mozambique | 2.91 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Eswatini | 2.87 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 127.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Senegal | 2.86 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Chad | 2.86 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Türkiye | 2.83 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 139.6% | volatile |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 2.76 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Madagascar | 2.75 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Greece | 2.52 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Philippines | 2.46 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Australia | 2.44 % change on previous year | 1997 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Uzbekistan | 2.4 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Peru | 2.4 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Romania | 2.38 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 193.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Finland | 2.25 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Guyana | 2.21 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Germany | 2.01 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 3,971.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Ecuador | 1.97 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 90 | El Salvador | 1.97 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Singapore | 1.96 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Samoa | 1.93 % change on previous year | 2001 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Georgia | 1.86 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 133.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Israel | 1.79 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 425.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Norway | 1.71 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 96 | New Zealand | 1.67 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.66 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 229.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Solomon Islands | 1.66 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Croatia | 1.49 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Lebanon | 1.45 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Cambodia | 1.43 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 369.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Hungary | 1.42 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 193.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.32 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 1.31 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 112.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Belgium | 1.3 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 166.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Pakistan | 1.29 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Estonia | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Albania | 1.04 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.999 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Liechtenstein | 0.995 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Slovakia | 0.9938 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 120.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Spain | 0.9853 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Netherlands | 0.96 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 694.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Lithuania | 0.9569 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 126.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Mexico | 0.8901 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 526.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Egypt | 0.8721 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Colombia | 0.8371 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 129.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Czechia | 0.8165 % change on previous year | 2012 | up 132.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Japan | 0.8156 % change on previous year | 2005 | up 293.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Burundi | 0.7889 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Latvia | 0.7709 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 115.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Portugal | 0.6665 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Tonga | 0.531 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Republic of Korea | 0.5213 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Bangladesh | 0.5028 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 86.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Iceland | 0.491 % change on previous year | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Serbia | 0.4905 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 116.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Indonesia | 0.4458 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4028 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Mali | 0.387 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Guatemala | 0.3356 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 0.2316 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 118.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Canada | 0.2307 % change on previous year | 2000 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Brazil | 0.1147 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Uruguay | 0.0061 % change on previous year | 1997 | up 101.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Cayman Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2013 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Gibraltar | 0 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Panama | 0 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2003 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Zimbabwe | -0.0196 % change on previous year | 2013 | down 100.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Italy | -0.0451 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 101.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Bahrain | -0.0706 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 101.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.2653 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 101.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -0.3407 % change on previous year | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.4189 % change on previous year | 2002 | down 109.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Andorra | -0.6079 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Republic of Moldova | -0.6383 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Cuba | -0.6676 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 121.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Niger | -0.6686 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 103.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Monaco | -0.7194 % change on previous year | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Aruba | -0.7812 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 116.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Azerbaijan | -0.8339 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 222.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Belarus | -1.15 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 126.2% | volatile |
| 154 | San Marino | -1.33 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 200.4% | volatile |
| 155 | France | -1.36 % change on previous year | 2013 | down 167.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -1.46 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Saint Lucia | -1.5 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 129.3% | volatile |
| 158 | United Arab Emirates | -1.61 % change on previous year | 2016 | down 193.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Grenada | -1.79 % change on previous year | 2018 | up 94.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Ireland | -1.79 % change on previous year | 2012 | down 107.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Zambia | -1.94 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 123.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Malaysia | -1.95 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 117.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Timor-Leste | -1.97 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 132.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Viet Nam | -2.03 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 300.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Trinidad and Tobago | -2.18 % change on previous year | 2009 | down 615.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Tanzania, United Republic of | -2.97 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Bahamas | -3.09 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 185.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | -3.18 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 291.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Thailand | -3.18 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 710.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Oman | -3.24 % change on previous year | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Benin | -3.35 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 146.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Saudi Arabia | -3.57 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Bhutan | -3.69 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 109.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Iraq | -4.19 % change on previous year | 2004 | down 188.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Barbados | -4.29 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Argentina | -4.41 % change on previous year | 2008 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Botswana | -4.75 % change on previous year | 2015 | down 5,369.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Seychelles | -4.75 % change on previous year | 2019 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Puerto Rico | -6.81 % change on previous year | 2016 | up 47.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Naoero | -7.14 % change on previous year | 2008 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Guinea-Bissau | -7.29 % change on previous year | 1988 | down 612.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Mauritania | -7.82 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 224.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | -8.17 % change on previous year | 2001 | down 213.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Myanmar | -9.31 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 319.9% | volatile |
| 185 | British Virgin Islands | -10.34 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 176.9% | volatile |
| 186 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | -11.35 % change on previous year | 2018 | down 168.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Ukraine | -14.57 % change on previous year | 2019 | down 1,320.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Liberia | -16.07 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 349.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Nigeria | -21.05 % change on previous year | 2007 | down 2,332.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 7.51 % change on previous year
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 7.51 % change on previous year
- Pacific island small states 6.46 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 5.32 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 5.28 % change on previous year
- Lower middle income 4.72 % change on previous year
- IBRD only 4.35 % change on previous year
- Arab World 4.3 % change on previous year
- Late-demographic dividend 4.29 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 4.29 % change on previous year
- Middle income 4.03 % change on previous year
- Early-demographic dividend 3.91 % change on previous year
- Low & middle income 3.9 % change on previous year
- IDA & IBRD total 3.86 % change on previous year
- Caribbean Small States 3.84 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.67 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific 3.63 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 3.62 % change on previous year
- Upper middle income 3.59 % change on previous year
- World 3.28 % change on previous year
- Small states 2.88 % change on previous year
- IDA blend 2.58 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.5 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.5 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.5 % change on previous year
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 2.41 % change on previous year
- Pre-demographic dividend 2.4 % change on previous year
- Other small states 2.28 % change on previous year
- Low income 2.18 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1.96 % change on previous year
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.96 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean 1.84 % change on previous year
- IDA total 1.81 % change on previous year
- IDA only 1.39 % change on previous year
- Least developed countries 1.2 % change on previous year
- High income 1.06 % change on previous year
- OECD members 1.02 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.7554 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.745 % change on previous year
- Post-demographic dividend 0.7251 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Teachers in primary education, female (number). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Teachers in primary education, female UNESCO Institute for Statistics
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Teachers in primary education, female (number). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.