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Teachers in primary education, female (number) by country

Total number of female teachers in public and private 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
196
Highest
4.39 million number
China
Lowest
52 number
Nauru
Median
21,754 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
7,410

What the numbers show

Teachers in primary education, female (number) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 4.39 million number in China; the lowest is 52 number in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 21,754 number, and the mean is 107,253 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 84,412.

Over the past decade 152 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 436.2%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 39.8%).

Teachers in primary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 4.39 million number 2019 up 28.5% rising
2 India 2.36 million number 2019 up 12.1% volatile
3 United States 1.54 million number 2017 — rising
4 Indonesia 1.19 million number 2019 up 27.6% rising
5 Brazil 707,006 number 2018 up 0.3% rising
6 Philippines 432,953 number 2018 up 27.1% rising
7 Mexico 385,248 number 2018 up 10.6% rising
8 Bangladesh 353,632 number 2018 up 131.1% volatile
9 Egypt 330,573 number 2019 up 67.0% rising
10 Russia 319,126 number 2018 up 13.8% flat
11 Vietnam 303,529 number 2019 up 12.7% rising
12 Pakistan 285,701 number 2019 up 32.1% volatile
13 Nigeria 276,704 number 2010 up 29.5% volatile
14 Thailand 270,596 number 2019 up 29.7% rising
15 Argentina 252,452 number 2008 up 21.0% rising
16 Japan 248,338 number 2005 down 10.3% rising
17 Italy 241,634 number 2018 down 7.1% rising
18 United Kingdom 240,699 number 2018 up 20.9% rising
19 Poland 235,314 number 2018 up 17.5% falling
20 Germany 213,874 number 2018 up 4.7% rising
21 France 202,491 number 2018 up 13.1% rising
22 Iraq 197,420 number 2007 up 91.2% volatile
23 South Africa 196,319 number 2015 up 11.5% rising
24 Iran 193,158 number 2017 up 20.9% rising
25 Turkey 184,096 number 2018 up 4.8% rising
26 Algeria 182,122 number 2019 up 154.0% rising
27 Spain 179,674 number 2018 up 13.1% rising
28 Myanmar 174,621 number 2018 up 17.7% rising
29 Malaysia 163,862 number 2019 down 3.5% rising
30 Democratic Republic of Congo 155,673 number 2018 up 129.8% volatile
31 Peru 142,779 number 2019 up 16.4% rising
32 Colombia 142,508 number 2017 up 2.0% rising
33 Kenya 133,885 number 2015 up 111.2% rising
34 South Korea 128,820 number 2018 up 9.1% rising
35 Saudi Arabia 120,830 number 2019 down 14.6% rising
36 Uzbekistan 108,494 number 2019 up 4.4% rising
37 Ukraine 106,637 number 2019 up 9.6% flat
38 Morocco 101,705 number 2019 up 38.9% volatile
39 Tanzania 97,595 number 2019 up 26.6% volatile
40 Ethiopia 96,646 number 2011 up 279.0% volatile
41 Canada 96,008 number 2000 down 6.7% flat
42 Venezuela 93,361 number 1987 up 73.5% rising
43 Nepal 89,672 number 2019 up 61.8% volatile
44 Uganda 89,256 number 2017 up 49.7% volatile
45 Netherlands 87,929 number 2018 down 7.2% volatile
46 Kazakhstan 80,314 number 2019 up 40.9% rising
47 Australia 79,796 number 1997 up 22.5% rising
48 Syria 79,153 number 2002 up 21.0% volatile
49 Guatemala 75,638 number 2019 up 21.7% volatile
50 Ghana 72,396 number 2019 up 94.5% rising
51 Chile 71,169 number 2018 up 35.6% rising
52 Sri Lanka 68,746 number 2018 up 16.5% rising
53 Madagascar 67,112 number 2019 up 31.7% rising
54 Israel 66,349 number 2018 up 33.4% rising
55 Cuba 64,868 number 2019 down 9.4% rising
56 Ecuador 61,665 number 2018 down 2.6% rising
57 Belgium 60,286 number 2018 up 14.5% rising
58 Sweden 56,697 number 2018 up 14.3% rising
59 Mozambique 55,863 number 2019 up 81.7% volatile
60 Jordan 54,547 number 2019 up 13.3% volatile
61 Cameroon 53,596 number 2019 up 62.4% volatile
62 Dominican Republic 53,321 number 2019 up 29.2% rising
63 Greece 50,706 number 2018 up 25.0% rising
64 Bolivia 50,318 number 2018 down 5.8% rising
65 Afghanistan 48,362 number 2018 up 46.6% volatile
66 Tunisia 45,568 number 2018 up 40.5% rising
67 Angola 45,210 number 2016 up 30.3% rising
68 Romania 44,159 number 2018 down 5.8% falling
69 Switzerland 43,010 number 2018 up 17.2% rising
70 Portugal 41,538 number 2018 down 22.2% flat
71 Zimbabwe 40,718 number 2013 up 31.3% rising
72 Zambia 39,407 number 2017 up 62.7% volatile
73 Burkina Faso 39,386 number 2019 up 202.7% volatile
74 Norway 39,258 number 2018 up 10.6% rising
75 Azerbaijan 37,936 number 2019 down 1.6% rising
76 Malawi 37,554 number 2019 up 136.4% rising
77 Niger 36,099 number 2019 up 98.7% volatile
78 Lebanon 36,063 number 2019 up 26.1% rising
79 Hungary 35,387 number 2016 down 9.2% falling
80 Costa Rica 33,658 number 2019 up 45.3% rising
81 Honduras 32,672 number 2019 up 19.1% rising
82 Denmark 31,806 number 2018 — rising
83 Georgia 31,396 number 2019 up 8.7% rising
84 Austria 30,631 number 2017 up 17.1% rising
85 Cote d'Ivoire 30,416 number 2019 up 129.3% volatile
86 Cambodia 30,007 number 2019 up 42.4% rising
87 Kuwait 29,437 number 2019 up 33.2% volatile
88 Ireland 27,393 number 2012 up 32.5% rising
89 Tajikistan 26,278 number 2017 up 30.1% rising
90 Burundi 25,934 number 2019 up 44.9% volatile
91 Paraguay 24,695 number 2012 down 3.9% rising
92 Czechia 24,449 number 2012 down 16.5% falling
93 Rwanda 24,344 number 2019 up 35.9% volatile
94 Nicaragua 23,546 number 2010 up 21.6% rising
95 Libya 22,627 number 1983 up 436.2% volatile
96 Belarus 22,126 number 2018 down 5.7% falling
97 New Zealand 22,006 number 2018 up 15.9% rising
98 Hong Kong 21,842 number 2019 up 20.5% rising
99 Finland 21,667 number 2018 up 11.4% rising
100 Kyrgyzstan 21,188 number 2019 up 33.1% rising
101 Mali 20,750 number 2018 up 119.4% volatile
102 Senegal 20,599 number 2019 up 45.8% volatile
103 Oman 19,776 number 2019 — volatile
104 Laos 19,198 number 2019 up 21.7% rising
105 El Salvador 18,151 number 2018 down 18.2% rising
106 Bulgaria 17,928 number 2018 up 17.3% falling
107 Papua New Guinea 17,740 number 2016 up 216.3% volatile
108 United Arab Emirates 17,204 number 2016 up 16.1% volatile
109 Uruguay 16,363 number 1997 up 38.1% rising
110 Serbia 16,184 number 2019 up 10.7% rising
111 Palestine 16,159 number 2019 up 71.8% rising
112 Panama 14,629 number 2017 up 5.9% rising
113 Haiti 14,419 number 1998 up 30.8% rising
114 Sierra Leone 14,284 number 2019 up 49.4% volatile
115 Benin 14,154 number 2019 up 96.9% volatile
116 Namibia 13,396 number 2018 up 45.5% rising
117 Slovakia 13,211 number 2018 up 9.3% falling
118 Singapore 13,116 number 2018 up 8.7% rising
119 Puerto Rico 12,589 number 2018 down 39.8% falling
120 Croatia 11,619 number 2018 up 11.8% rising
121 Guinea 11,528 number 2016 up 62.3% volatile
122 Botswana 10,798 number 2015 up 8.0% rising
123 Qatar 10,416 number 2019 up 67.0% volatile
124 Jamaica 10,090 number 2019 down 9.0% rising
125 Latvia 9,804 number 2018 up 0.1% rising
126 Mongolia 9,724 number 2018 up 32.6% rising
127 Congo 8,843 number 2012 up 151.8% volatile
128 Slovenia 8,430 number 2016 up 40.9% rising
129 Chad 8,392 number 2019 up 147.2% volatile
130 Lesotho 8,354 number 2017 up 0.6% rising
131 Albania 8,344 number 2019 down 13.0% falling
132 Lithuania 8,229 number 2018 down 19.0% falling
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8,226 number 2019 up 3.0% flat
134 Moldova 7,628 number 2019 down 15.8% falling
135 Bahrain 7,076 number 2019 up 23.1% volatile
136 Estonia 6,929 number 2018 up 20.0% falling
137 Togo 6,921 number 2019 up 91.6% volatile
138 Gabon 6,850 number 2011 up 165.3% volatile
139 Armenia 6,407 number 2019 down 2.7% falling
140 North Macedonia 6,289 number 2018 up 23.2% rising
141 Eswatini 6,276 number 2018 up 24.3% rising
142 Mauritania 5,893 number 2019 up 22.7% volatile
143 Trinidad and Tobago 5,865 number 2009 down 4.3% rising
144 Liberia 5,254 number 2017 up 133.5% rising
145 Suriname 5,002 number 2019 up 16.2% rising
146 Mauritius 4,521 number 2019 up 21.9% rising
147 Cyprus 4,018 number 2018 up 26.7% rising
148 Maldives 3,855 number 2019 up 48.8% rising
149 Gambia 3,656 number 2019 up 70.4% volatile
150 Guyana 3,612 number 2012 up 0.7% rising
151 Luxembourg 3,580 number 2018 up 67.0% volatile
152 Eritrea 3,523 number 2018 up 8.7% rising
153 East Timor 3,198 number 2019 up 11.8% rising
154 Brunei 3,134 number 2019 up 10.5% volatile
155 Iceland 2,618 number 2018 up 6.9% volatile
156 Fiji 2,184 number 2012 down 5.8% falling
157 Cape Verde 2,164 number 2018 up 3.6% rising
158 Somalia 2,139 number 2007 — volatile
159 Belize 2,007 number 2019 up 19.4% rising
160 Macao 1,966 number 2019 up 41.4% rising
161 Central African Republic 1,862 number 2016 up 163.0% rising
162 Solomon Islands 1,840 number 2018 down 15.2% volatile
163 Equatorial Guinea 1,785 number 2015 up 155.7% volatile
164 Malta 1,712 number 2017 up 19.4% rising
165 Bahamas 1,411 number 2018 down 30.6% rising
166 French Polynesia 1,381 number 1996 up 7.9% rising
167 Comoros 1,306 number 2018 down 3.9% volatile
168 Bhutan 1,211 number 2020 down 35.2% volatile
169 Guinea-Bissau 1,170 number 2010 up 69.8% rising
170 Barbados 1,070 number 2019 down 14.9% rising
171 Vanuatu 990 number 2015 down 5.3% volatile
172 Saint Lucia 922 number 2019 up 4.2% rising
173 Samoa 789 number 2010 down 5.1% falling
174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 770 number 2018 down 2.9% rising
175 Antigua and Barbuda 752 number 2018 up 19.2% rising
176 Djibouti 707 number 2020 up 62.5% volatile
177 Grenada 658 number 2018 up 42.1% rising
178 Sao Tome and Principe 655 number 2017 up 19.5% rising
179 Tonga 568 number 2015 up 7.0% rising
180 Seychelles 541 number 2019 up 2.1% rising
181 Kiribati 535 number 2016 up 12.4% rising
182 Aruba 508 number 2012 up 23.6% rising
183 Dominica 464 number 2019 up 5.5% rising
184 Bermuda 371 number 2016 down 26.8% rising
185 Saint Kitts and Nevis 362 number 2016 up 17.2% rising
186 American Samoa 341 number 1992 up 86.3% rising
187 Andorra 327 number 2019 down 3.8% rising
188 Cayman Islands 245 number 2018 down 9.6% rising
189 British Virgin Islands 234 number 2018 up 20.6% rising
190 San Marino 222 number 2019 down 3.1% rising
191 Liechtenstein 203 number 2018 down 19.8% flat
192 Turks and Caicos Islands 187 number 2018 up 79.8% rising
193 Gibraltar 172 number 2019 up 8.9% rising
194 Monaco 138 number 2020 up 5.3% rising
195 Tuvalu 84 number 2019 — rising
196 Nauru 52 number 2019 unchanged flat

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 primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
241 places, 7,410 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female teachers in public and private 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.