Teachers in secondary education, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
210
Highest
4.47 million
China
Lowest
7
Falkland Islands
Median
16,116
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
15,121
What the numbers show
Teachers in secondary education, female (number) is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 4.47 million in China; the lowest is 7 in Falkland Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 16,116, and the mean is 110,189.
Over the past decade 154 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 1,360.1%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 60.2%).
Teachers in secondary education, female (number): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 4.47 million | 2024 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 3.61 million | 2025 | up 104.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Pakistan | 1.15 million | 2024 | up 278.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Russia | 1.11 million | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 1.09 million | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 6 | Indonesia | 841,094 | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 629,792 | 2024 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 466,821 | 2023 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 462,137 | 2021 | up 147.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Turkey | 439,973 | 2023 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Germany | 395,262 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 12 | Italy | 366,484 | 2024 | up 26.8% | flat |
| 13 | Philippines | 354,444 | 2024 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 289,051 | 2025 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 15 | France | 274,885 | 2019 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 16 | Algeria | 273,405 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Egypt | 258,695 | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Venezuela | 233,866 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Poland | 230,981 | 2025 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 20 | Japan | 229,645 | 1995 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 226,973 | 2021 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 22 | Ukraine | 226,280 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 23 | Argentina | 221,331 | 2008 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 24 | Spain | 204,966 | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 25 | Iran | 200,449 | 2023 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Kazakhstan | 187,261 | 2024 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 163,967 | 2024 | up 108.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Thailand | 160,034 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 29 | Malaysia | 152,236 | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 30 | South Korea | 151,467 | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Myanmar | 132,399 | 2018 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 119,823 | 2024 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 113,295 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 34 | South Africa | 109,909 | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 35 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 109,250 | 2023 | up 227.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Peru | 103,599 | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 37 | Colombia | 96,645 | 2022 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 38 | Romania | 92,343 | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 91,161 | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 40 | Canada | 89,558 | 1996 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 41 | Belgium | 88,129 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 42 | Iraq | 81,142 | 2007 | up 133.5% | volatile |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 75,929 | 2024 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Morocco | 73,637 | 2024 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Kenya | 73,068 | 2023 | up 90.5% | rising |
| 46 | Netherlands | 67,724 | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 47 | Guatemala | 67,221 | 2024 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Ethiopia | 62,416 | 2024 | up 361.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 60,998 | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 59,497 | 2024 | up 103.0% | rising |
| 51 | Chile | 59,184 | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 52 | Portugal | 58,235 | 2018 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 53 | Belarus | 58,138 | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 54 | Ecuador | 55,489 | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Ghana | 54,230 | 2024 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Hungary | 54,013 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 57 | Greece | 53,457 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 58 | Australia | 52,710 | 1992 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 59 | Israel | 51,530 | 2009 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 60 | Cuba | 51,307 | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 61 | Tunisia | 50,754 | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Cambodia | 50,554 | 2021 | up 426.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 49,571 | 2022 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 64 | Austria | 48,483 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 65 | Cameroon | 48,324 | 2023 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Serbia | 46,852 | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 67 | Sweden | 46,573 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 68 | Czechia | 45,675 | 2012 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 69 | Jordan | 41,705 | 2024 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Norway | 39,184 | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 71 | Syria | 39,112 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Croatia | 37,974 | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 73 | Bolivia | 37,689 | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 74 | Tanzania | 35,826 | 2021 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Switzerland | 35,661 | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 33,757 | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 77 | Nepal | 33,511 | 2025 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Lebanon | 32,595 | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 79 | Madagascar | 32,054 | 2019 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 80 | Angola | 31,363 | 2023 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Afghanistan | 31,291 | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 31,147 | 2011 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 83 | Oman | 30,704 | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Finland | 29,089 | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 85 | Denmark | 28,550 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 86 | Palestine | 28,457 | 2023 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 87 | Slovakia | 28,450 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 88 | Kuwait | 27,159 | 2021 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Georgia | 26,755 | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 90 | New Zealand | 23,475 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 91 | Togo | 23,389 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Ireland | 22,111 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 93 | Lithuania | 21,994 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 21,434 | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 95 | Paraguay | 21,327 | 2012 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 96 | Zambia | 21,175 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Armenia | 20,029 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 98 | Mongolia | 19,568 | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 19,470 | 2013 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Honduras | 18,587 | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Laos | 18,434 | 2022 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Cote d'Ivoire | 17,941 | 2024 | up 93.3% | rising |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17,594 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 104 | Hong Kong | 17,472 | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 105 | Albania | 16,308 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 106 | Moldova | 15,925 | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 107 | Uganda | 15,137 | 2014 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 108 | Panama | 14,082 | 2017 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Burkina Faso | 12,609 | 2024 | up 146.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Rwanda | 11,758 | 2024 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 111 | North Macedonia | 11,662 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 112 | Slovenia | 11,362 | 2016 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 113 | Mali | 10,669 | 2023 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Mozambique | 10,426 | 2017 | up 425.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Senegal | 10,170 | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Latvia | 10,082 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 117 | El Salvador | 9,803 | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 118 | Singapore | 8,760 | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 119 | Puerto Rico | 8,560 | 2018 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 120 | Botswana | 8,532 | 2021 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Libya | 8,483 | 1983 | up 1,360.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Niger | 8,052 | 2024 | up 96.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 7,967 | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 124 | Jamaica | 7,941 | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 125 | Burundi | 7,258 | 2025 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Estonia | 7,169 | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 127 | Benin | 6,971 | 2022 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Qatar | 6,410 | 2024 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Namibia | 6,264 | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 130 | Mauritius | 6,014 | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5,758 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 5,631 | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Cyprus | 5,479 | 2023 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahrain | 5,384 | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Sierra Leone | 5,340 | 2024 | up 101.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Guyana | 5,333 | 2024 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Congo | 4,503 | 2023 | up 169.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 3,752 | 2024 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Eswatini | 3,733 | 2022 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 140 | Brunei | 3,512 | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Malawi | 3,474 | 2019 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 142 | Suriname | 3,316 | 2021 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 143 | Gambia | 3,140 | 2021 | up 379.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Lesotho | 3,133 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 145 | Malta | 3,078 | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 146 | Eritrea | 3,016 | 2022 | up 161.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Bhutan | 3,010 | 2023 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 148 | Fiji | 2,898 | 2012 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 149 | Reunion | 2,834 | 1996 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 150 | Gabon | 2,545 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Chad | 2,404 | 2024 | up 86.5% | volatile |
| 152 | East Timor | 2,294 | 2020 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 153 | Central African Republic | 2,040 | 2017 | up 1,357.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Martinique | 2,035 | 1996 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 155 | Maldives | 1,927 | 2022 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 1,787 | 2022 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 157 | Macao | 1,687 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 158 | Belize | 1,518 | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 159 | Bahamas | 1,440 | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 160 | Liberia | 1,203 | 2020 | up 77.4% | rising |
| 161 | Guinea | 1,052 | 2011 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 162 | Mauritania | 1,011 | 2020 | up 140.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Djibouti | 987 | 2023 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Comoros | 830 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 165 | Barbados | 813 | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 166 | New Caledonia | 805 | 1997 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 167 | Saint Lucia | 739 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 168 | French Polynesia | 730 | 1993 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 718 | 2015 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Samoa | 706 | 2010 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 171 | Antigua and Barbuda | 640 | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 172 | Tonga | 627 | 2015 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 173 | Kiribati | 609 | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Somalia | 609 | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 604 | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 176 | Vanuatu | 588 | 2024 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 177 | French Guiana | 580 | 1997 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 178 | Grenada | 522 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 179 | Bermuda | 453 | 2016 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 180 | Micronesia (country) | 445 | 2021 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 181 | Guam | 430 | 1980 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 182 | Seychelles | 405 | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 183 | United States Virgin Islands | 400 | 1997 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 392 | 2023 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 185 | Andorra | 389 | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 186 | Dominica | 357 | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 187 | Aruba | 329 | 2012 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 305 | 2016 | up 548.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Monaco | 289 | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 190 | Cayman Islands | 252 | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 191 | San Marino | 203 | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Marshall Islands | 194 | 2024 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 193 | Liechtenstein | 190 | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 194 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 163 | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Gibraltar | 161 | 2024 | up 106.4% | rising |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | 140 | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 197 | Equatorial Guinea | 112 | 2005 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 198 | Guinea-Bissau | 106 | 2000 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 199 | American Samoa | 103 | 1992 | up 442.1% | volatile |
| 200 | Anguilla | 102 | 2022 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 201 | Cook Islands | 93 | 2024 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 202 | Tuvalu | 68 | 2025 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 203 | Saint Helena | 37 | 1986 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 204 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 35 | 1997 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 205 | Nauru | 29 | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 206 | Tokelau | 27 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 207 | Montserrat | 23 | 2020 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 208 | Niue | 22 | 2024 | up 69.2% | rising |
| 209 | Western Sahara | 20 | 1979 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 210 | Falkland Islands | 7 | 1996 | up 75.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 23.62 million
- UIS: World 23.62 million
- MDG: World 23.62 million
- WB: World 23.62 million
- UNICEF: World 23.57 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 19.62 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 19.31 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 18.71 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 18.21 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 18.00 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 15.87 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 14.32 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 12.65 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 9.62 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 9.61 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 8.61 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 7.95 million
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 7.54 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 7.43 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 6.83 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 6.81 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 6.81 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 6.81 million
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 6.76 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 6.72 million
- AIMS: East Asia 6.70 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 6.35 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 6.34 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 6.30 million
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 5.83 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 5.82 million
- MDG: Developed Regions 5.61 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 5.53 million
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 5.49 million
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 5.49 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 5.37 million
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 5.33 million
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 5.24 million
- WB: Oecd Members 5.15 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 4.94 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release