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Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita by country

Teachers in primary education, female (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
196
Highest
0.0084 number per person
Georgia
Lowest
0.0002 number per person
Somalia
Median
0.0036 number per person
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,410

What the numbers show

Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 0.0084 number per person in Georgia; the lowest is 0.0002 number per person in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0036 number per person, and the mean is 0.0037 number per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 45.

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 233.7%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 41.0%).

Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Georgia 0.0084 number per person 2019 up 11.5% rising
2 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0083 number per person 2018 up 8.7% rising
3 Suriname 0.0083 number per person 2019 up 4.3% rising
4 Tuvalu 0.0079 number per person 2019 — rising
5 Maldives 0.0079 number per person 2019 up 6.2% flat
6 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0077 number per person 2016 up 15.6% rising
7 Israel 0.0075 number per person 2018 up 9.8% flat
8 Iceland 0.0074 number per person 2018 down 3.3% rising
9 Norway 0.0074 number per person 2018 up 5.7% rising
10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0073 number per person 2018 up 2.7% rising
11 Brunei Darussalam 0.0071 number per person 2019 down 3.9% rising
12 American Samoa 0.007 number per person 1992 up 43.1% rising
13 Iraq 0.007 number per person 2007 up 44.8% rising
14 Dominica 0.0068 number per person 2019 up 7.0% rising
15 British Virgin Islands 0.0068 number per person 2018 down 11.7% flat
16 Costa Rica 0.0067 number per person 2019 up 30.8% rising
17 Kuwait 0.0066 number per person 2019 down 16.2% rising
18 San Marino 0.0064 number per person 2019 down 7.5% rising
19 Argentina 0.0062 number per person 2008 up 8.9% falling
20 Lebanon 0.0062 number per person 2019 up 8.6% flat
21 Poland 0.0062 number per person 2018 up 18.0% falling
22 French Polynesia 0.0061 number per person 1996 down 6.6% flat
23 Libya 0.0061 number per person 1983 up 233.7% rising
24 Ireland 0.006 number per person 2012 up 17.3% rising
25 Luxembourg 0.0059 number per person 2018 up 34.2% rising
26 Bermuda 0.0058 number per person 2016 down 27.5% rising
27 Cuba 0.0058 number per person 2019 down 8.7% rising
28 Grenada 0.0057 number per person 2018 up 36.2% rising
29 Sweden 0.0056 number per person 2018 up 3.6% rising
30 Seychelles 0.0055 number per person 2019 down 8.7% falling
31 Denmark 0.0055 number per person 2018 — rising
32 Eswatini 0.0054 number per person 2018 up 15.9% rising
33 Tonga 0.0054 number per person 2015 up 5.9% rising
34 Liechtenstein 0.0053 number per person 2018 down 25.6% falling
35 Belgium 0.0053 number per person 2018 up 7.3% rising
36 Estonia 0.0052 number per person 2018 up 21.4% flat
37 Belize 0.0052 number per person 2019 down 3.3% falling
38 Namibia 0.0052 number per person 2018 up 17.3% rising
39 Saint Lucia 0.0052 number per person 2019 down 0.4% falling
40 Jordan 0.0051 number per person 2019 down 6.7% rising
41 Netherlands 0.0051 number per person 2018 down 10.1% volatile
42 Latvia 0.0051 number per person 2018 up 13.1% rising
43 Uruguay 0.0051 number per person 1997 up 28.6% rising
44 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0051 number per person 1987 up 24.7% rising
45 Switzerland 0.0051 number per person 2018 up 10.1% rising
46 Botswana 0.0049 number per person 2015 down 9.8% rising
47 Malaysia 0.0049 number per person 2019 down 18.8% rising
48 Dominican Republic 0.0049 number per person 2019 up 15.0% rising
49 Aruba 0.0049 number per person 2012 up 9.3% rising
50 Gibraltar 0.0048 number per person 2019 down 5.5% falling
51 Guyana 0.0048 number per person 2012 up 3.1% rising
52 Bahrain 0.0048 number per person 2019 down 0.8% rising
53 Greece 0.0047 number per person 2018 up 28.6% rising
54 United States of America 0.0047 number per person 2017 — flat
55 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0045 number per person 2002 down 7.3% rising
56 Kiribati 0.0045 number per person 2016 down 5.1% rising
57 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0045 number per person 2018 down 6.0% falling
58 New Zealand 0.0045 number per person 2018 up 0.8% rising
59 Naoero 0.0045 number per person 2019 down 13.6% falling
60 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0045 number per person 2009 down 4.0% rising
61 Guatemala 0.0044 number per person 2019 up 1.2% rising
62 Peru 0.0044 number per person 2019 up 3.7% rising
63 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0044 number per person 2018 down 12.5% rising
64 Indonesia 0.0044 number per person 2019 up 13.9% rising
65 Australia 0.0043 number per person 1997 up 8.2% rising
66 Oman 0.0043 number per person 2019 — volatile
67 Andorra 0.0043 number per person 2019 up 5.5% rising
68 Cape Verde 0.0042 number per person 2018 up 1.2% rising
69 Algeria 0.0042 number per person 2019 up 108.3% rising
70 Paraguay 0.0042 number per person 2012 down 14.2% falling
71 Kazakhstan 0.0042 number per person 2019 up 21.9% rising
72 Nicaragua 0.0041 number per person 2010 up 6.4% rising
73 Samoa 0.0041 number per person 2010 down 10.6% falling
74 Slovenia 0.0041 number per person 2016 up 36.9% rising
75 Portugal 0.004 number per person 2018 down 20.1% falling
76 Italy 0.004 number per person 2018 down 8.9% flat
77 Saudi Arabia 0.004 number per person 2019 down 31.2% rising
78 Philippines 0.004 number per person 2018 up 5.7% falling
79 Qatar 0.0039 number per person 2019 up 1.8% rising
80 Finland 0.0039 number per person 2018 up 7.3% rising
81 Tunisia 0.0039 number per person 2018 up 25.9% rising
82 Lesotho 0.0039 number per person 2017 down 8.9% rising
83 Gabon 0.0038 number per person 2011 up 95.0% rising
84 Spain 0.0038 number per person 2018 up 11.1% rising
85 Puerto Rico 0.0038 number per person 2018 down 31.9% falling
86 Barbados 0.0038 number per person 2019 down 17.0% flat
87 Azerbaijan 0.0038 number per person 2019 down 12.1% rising
88 Thailand 0.0038 number per person 2019 up 22.6% rising
89 Chile 0.0038 number per person 2018 up 20.9% rising
90 Vanuatu 0.0037 number per person 2015 down 26.8% rising
91 Cayman Islands 0.0037 number per person 2018 down 29.9% falling
92 Malta 0.0037 number per person 2017 up 3.9% flat
93 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0036 number per person 2018 up 12.8% flat
94 Monaco 0.0036 number per person 2020 up 1.8% rising
95 Hungary 0.0036 number per person 2016 down 6.3% falling
96 Ecuador 0.0036 number per person 2018 down 18.1% rising
97 Bahamas 0.0036 number per person 2018 down 36.7% rising
98 Jamaica 0.0036 number per person 2019 down 11.1% flat
99 Mauritius 0.0036 number per person 2019 up 20.1% rising
100 Panama 0.0036 number per person 2017 down 11.2% falling
101 Austria 0.0035 number per person 2017 up 10.4% rising
102 South Africa 0.0035 number per person 2015 down 2.7% falling
103 Palestine, State of 0.0034 number per person 2019 up 35.3% rising
104 Brazil 0.0034 number per person 2018 down 7.3% falling
105 Myanmar 0.0033 number per person 2018 up 9.0% rising
106 North Macedonia 0.0033 number per person 2018 up 28.6% rising
107 Uzbekistan 0.0033 number per person 2019 down 11.5% rising
108 Honduras 0.0033 number per person 2019 down 1.9% flat
109 Albania 0.0032 number per person 2019 down 0.8% rising
110 Kyrgyzstan 0.0032 number per person 2019 up 8.8% falling
111 Sri Lanka 0.0032 number per person 2018 up 10.9% flat
112 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0032 number per person 2017 down 6.7% rising
113 Cyprus 0.0032 number per person 2018 up 8.8% rising
114 Nepal 0.0032 number per person 2019 up 54.7% volatile
115 Canada 0.0031 number per person 2000 down 15.8% falling
116 Viet Nam 0.0031 number per person 2019 up 0.3% rising
117 China 0.0031 number per person 2019 up 21.5% rising
118 Mexico 0.0031 number per person 2018 down 2.0% rising
119 Egypt 0.0031 number per person 2019 up 35.9% rising
120 Mongolia 0.003 number per person 2018 up 9.3% rising
121 France 0.003 number per person 2018 up 8.4% rising
122 Colombia 0.003 number per person 2017 down 8.4% falling
123 Macau, China 0.0029 number per person 2019 up 12.6% falling
124 Lithuania 0.0029 number per person 2018 down 8.1% rising
125 El Salvador 0.0029 number per person 2018 down 20.7% flat
126 Croatia 0.0029 number per person 2018 up 20.8% rising
127 Hong Kong, China 0.0029 number per person 2019 up 11.9% falling
128 Zimbabwe 0.0029 number per person 2013 up 14.6% rising
129 Tajikistan 0.0029 number per person 2017 up 3.0% rising
130 Republic of Moldova 0.0029 number per person 2019 down 9.5% falling
131 Kenya 0.0028 number per person 2015 up 60.6% rising
132 Morocco 0.0028 number per person 2019 up 22.8% rising
133 Bulgaria 0.0027 number per person 2018 up 31.0% falling
134 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0027 number per person 2019 up 4.9% rising
135 Solomon Islands 0.0026 number per person 2018 down 36.3% rising
136 Germany 0.0026 number per person 2018 up 3.7% rising
137 Republic of Korea 0.0025 number per person 2018 up 3.8% rising
138 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0025 number per person 2019 up 11.2% rising
139 Timor-Leste 0.0025 number per person 2019 down 9.0% rising
140 Slovakia 0.0024 number per person 2018 up 7.9% falling
141 Fiji 0.0024 number per person 2012 down 11.6% falling
142 Madagascar 0.0024 number per person 2019 up 0.6% rising
143 Ukraine 0.0024 number per person 2019 up 13.7% rising
144 Belarus 0.0023 number per person 2018 down 4.8% falling
145 Serbia 0.0023 number per person 2019 up 16.7% rising
146 Czechia 0.0023 number per person 2012 down 19.0% falling
147 Singapore 0.0023 number per person 2018 down 6.7% falling
148 Ghana 0.0023 number per person 2019 up 54.7% rising
149 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.0023 number per person 2017 up 8.7% rising
150 Romania 0.0023 number per person 2018 down 0.7% flat
151 Türkiye 0.0023 number per person 2018 down 3.2% rising
152 Zambia 0.0023 number per person 2017 up 17.2% rising
153 Uganda 0.0022 number per person 2017 up 10.5% rising
154 Russian Federation 0.0022 number per person 2018 up 11.7% flat
155 Armenia 0.0022 number per person 2019 up 2.1% falling
156 Bangladesh 0.0022 number per person 2018 up 111.2% volatile
157 Burundi 0.0021 number per person 2019 up 5.8% volatile
158 Cameroon 0.0021 number per person 2019 up 21.7% volatile
159 Papua New Guinea 0.002 number per person 2016 up 102.2% rising
160 Malawi 0.002 number per person 2019 up 78.9% rising
161 Japan 0.0019 number per person 2005 down 11.9% flat
162 United Arab Emirates 0.0019 number per person 2016 down 34.9% rising
163 Rwanda 0.0019 number per person 2019 up 7.0% rising
164 Burkina Faso 0.0019 number per person 2019 up 126.8% volatile
165 Mozambique 0.0019 number per person 2019 up 36.1% volatile
166 Congo 0.0019 number per person 2012 up 78.0% rising
167 Sierra Leone 0.0018 number per person 2019 up 23.4% rising
168 Cambodia 0.0018 number per person 2019 up 23.3% rising
169 Haiti 0.0018 number per person 1998 up 5.3% rising
170 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0017 number per person 2018 up 64.3% rising
171 India 0.0017 number per person 2019 up 4.6% rising
172 Comoros 0.0017 number per person 2018 down 21.6% volatile
173 Nigeria 0.0017 number per person 2010 down 1.8% rising
174 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0016 number per person 2019 down 6.7% rising
175 Niger 0.0016 number per person 2019 up 38.0% volatile
176 Bhutan 0.0016 number per person 2020 down 41.0% volatile
177 Angola 0.0015 number per person 2016 down 7.3% rising
178 Gambia 0.0015 number per person 2019 up 26.1% rising
179 Mauritania 0.0013 number per person 2019 down 9.8% volatile
180 Afghanistan 0.0013 number per person 2018 up 5.7% volatile
181 Senegal 0.0013 number per person 2019 up 10.0% volatile
182 Pakistan 0.0012 number per person 2019 up 11.3% rising
183 Equatorial Guinea 0.0012 number per person 2015 up 49.1% rising
184 Benin 0.0011 number per person 2019 up 47.2% rising
185 Eritrea 0.0011 number per person 2018 down 4.1% rising
186 Liberia 0.0011 number per person 2017 up 68.1% rising
187 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0011 number per person 2019 up 78.9% rising
188 Ethiopia 0.001 number per person 2011 up 174.3% volatile
189 Mali 0.001 number per person 2018 up 60.4% volatile
190 Guinea 0.001 number per person 2016 up 26.9% volatile
191 Togo 0.0009 number per person 2019 up 54.2% rising
192 Guinea-Bissau 0.0007 number per person 2010 up 33.9% falling
193 Djibouti 0.0006 number per person 2020 up 34.0% rising
194 Chad 0.0005 number per person 2019 up 70.0% volatile
195 Central African Republic 0.0004 number per person 2016 up 139.3% flat
196 Somalia 0.0002 number per person 2007 — volatile

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

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Teachers in primary education, female (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Teachers in primary education, female (number) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita
Unit
number per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
241 places, 7,410 data points, 1970–2020
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Teachers in primary education, female (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.