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Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female (number) by country

Total number of female teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5-8). 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....

Countries reporting
155
Highest
783,887 number
United States
Lowest
11 number
Dominica
Median
4,005 number
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,731

What the numbers show

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female (number) is currently reported for 155 countries. The highest value is 783,887 number in United States; the lowest is 11 number in Dominica.

The median across all reporting countries is 4,005 number, and the mean is 30,889 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 71,262.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 1,901.6%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 58.0%).

Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 783,887 number 2017 — volatile
2 China 724,970 number 2011 up 171.4% volatile
3 India 597,016 number 2019 up 16.8% volatile
4 Russia 334,105 number 2018 down 12.3% rising
5 Brazil 206,040 number 2018 up 25.6% volatile
6 Germany 165,510 number 2018 up 18.7% rising
7 Indonesia 127,524 number 2018 up 10.2% rising
8 Japan 91,524 number 2006 up 4.8% volatile
9 Iran 86,550 number 2018 up 209.7% volatile
10 Canada 82,315 number 2016 down 20.8% rising
11 South Korea 78,533 number 2018 up 16.5% volatile
12 Philippines 78,439 number 2017 up 24.7% volatile
13 Spain 75,384 number 2018 up 35.5% volatile
14 United Kingdom 73,274 number 2018 up 31.0% volatile
15 Turkey 70,235 number 2018 up 76.2% volatile
16 Argentina 69,099 number 2009 up 26.0% volatile
17 Colombia 62,087 number 2018 up 99.3% volatile
18 Thailand 55,343 number 2016 up 52.7% volatile
19 Vietnam 45,467 number 2016 up 121.8% volatile
20 Poland 43,252 number 2015 up 6.1% rising
21 Venezuela 41,659 number 2008 up 102.8% volatile
22 Malaysia 41,374 number 2019 up 22.9% volatile
23 France 40,890 number 2013 down 11.0% rising
24 Cuba 36,179 number 2018 down 58.0% volatile
25 Saudi Arabia 35,291 number 2019 up 158.2% volatile
26 Italy 34,647 number 2018 down 4.8% rising
27 Peru 32,904 number 2017 — volatile
28 Netherlands 32,023 number 2018 up 79.5% rising
29 Kazakhstan 30,133 number 2019 down 5.2% rising
30 Algeria 25,745 number 2018 up 131.2% rising
31 Austria 25,366 number 2017 up 169.5% volatile
32 Bangladesh 25,190 number 2019 up 110.7% volatile
33 Myanmar 22,185 number 2018 up 152.9% rising
34 Lebanon 22,133 number 2014 up 202.0% volatile
35 Nigeria 18,397 number 2011 up 11.8% volatile
36 Belarus 17,022 number 2018 down 27.4% falling
37 Sweden 16,009 number 2018 down 0.8% rising
38 Norway 15,749 number 2018 up 53.0% volatile
39 Ecuador 15,396 number 2015 up 145.7% rising
40 Portugal 15,320 number 2018 up 0.8% volatile
41 Belgium 15,154 number 2018 up 34.0% rising
42 Romania 13,469 number 2018 down 2.7% volatile
43 Switzerland 12,917 number 2018 up 10.7% volatile
44 Azerbaijan 12,626 number 2019 down 5.9% flat
45 Kyrgyzstan 12,059 number 2019 up 19.9% rising
46 Denmark 11,719 number 2018 — volatile
47 Uzbekistan 11,615 number 2019 up 29.3% rising
48 Georgia 11,530 number 2019 up 89.3% falling
49 Bulgaria 10,858 number 2018 up 7.8% rising
50 Tunisia 10,579 number 2012 up 163.2% volatile
51 South Africa 10,132 number 1994 up 105.9% rising
52 Morocco 9,721 number 2019 up 185.9% volatile
53 Hungary 9,368 number 2016 down 3.1% rising
54 Puerto Rico 9,161 number 2018 up 6.0% rising
55 Dominican Republic 8,871 number 2017 up 93.5% rising
56 Armenia 8,636 number 2019 down 1.6% flat
57 Australia 8,626 number 1992 up 68.7% rising
58 New Zealand 8,388 number 2018 up 15.2% volatile
59 Croatia 8,300 number 2018 up 43.8% rising
60 Finland 7,829 number 2018 up 8.3% rising
61 Sri Lanka 7,375 number 2019 — volatile
62 Panama 6,959 number 2016 up 31.2% rising
63 Iraq 6,751 number 2005 up 86.2% volatile
64 Czechia 6,458 number 2012 down 23.1% rising
65 Lithuania 6,415 number 2018 down 22.6% rising
66 Jordan 6,190 number 2017 up 195.6% volatile
67 Greece 5,994 number 2018 down 41.3% rising
68 Tajikistan 5,947 number 2017 up 65.7% rising
69 Serbia 5,735 number 2019 down 12.5% falling
70 Honduras 5,616 number 2018 up 66.5% volatile
71 Slovakia 5,590 number 2018 up 3.8% rising
72 Albania 5,516 number 2019 up 11.6% volatile
73 Singapore 5,252 number 2018 up 1.7% volatile
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,556 number 2019 up 117.5% rising
76 Syria 4,405 number 2015 — volatile
77 Ghana 4,114 number 2019 up 125.9% volatile
78 El Salvador 4,065 number 2018 up 38.7% volatile
79 Mozambique 4,005 number 2018 up 418.1% volatile
80 Latvia 4,003 number 2018 down 4.7% rising
81 Mongolia 3,997 number 2018 down 19.1% rising
82 United Arab Emirates 3,752 number 2017 up 146.5% volatile
83 Laos 3,588 number 2019 up 244.0% volatile
84 Moldova 3,410 number 2019 down 21.3% flat
85 Cambodia 3,308 number 2019 up 156.4% volatile
86 Nicaragua 3,033 number 2002 up 435.9% volatile
87 Tanzania 3,011 number 2019 up 174.5% volatile
88 Slovenia 2,912 number 2018 up 31.9% volatile
89 Ethiopia 2,841 number 2014 up 524.4% volatile
90 Oman 2,821 number 2016 up 196.6% rising
91 Palestine 2,402 number 2019 up 157.4% volatile
92 Afghanistan 2,270 number 2018 up 337.4% volatile
93 Cote d'Ivoire 2,149 number 2017 down 27.9% volatile
94 Angola 2,135 number 2015 up 711.8% volatile
95 Estonia 2,134 number 2018 down 30.8% falling
96 Libya 1,990 number 2002 — volatile
97 Madagascar 1,978 number 2018 up 83.8% volatile
98 North Macedonia 1,910 number 2017 up 53.2% rising
99 Cameroon 1,774 number 2018 up 159.0% volatile
100 Hong Kong 1,656 number 1994 up 52.6% volatile
101 Uganda 1,624 number 2011 up 108.5% volatile
102 Namibia 1,491 number 2017 up 363.0% volatile
103 Cyprus 1,407 number 2018 up 51.6% volatile
104 Botswana 1,334 number 2019 — volatile
105 Yemen 1,261 number 2007 up 1,901.6% volatile
106 Iceland 1,055 number 2012 up 11.3% volatile
107 Macao 907 number 2019 up 47.7% rising
108 Pakistan 897 number 1992 down 31.2% rising
109 Grenada 862 number 2018 — volatile
110 Senegal 807 number 2019 up 118.1% volatile
111 Qatar 802 number 2019 up 38.3% volatile
112 Bahrain 744 number 2019 up 14.6% volatile
113 Rwanda 686 number 2019 up 49.5% volatile
114 Burkina Faso 629 number 2019 up 220.9% volatile
116 Congo 596 number 2017 up 910.2% volatile
117 Kuwait 592 number 2004 up 63.1% volatile
118 Trinidad and Tobago 582 number 2004 up 307.0% volatile
119 Lesotho 577 number 2018 up 90.4% volatile
120 Cape Verde 571 number 2018 up 68.4% rising
121 Niger 567 number 2019 up 247.9% volatile
122 Benin 538 number 2018 up 58.7% volatile
123 Burundi 498 number 2018 up 131.6% volatile
125 Brunei 427 number 2019 up 58.1% volatile
126 Barbados 383 number 2007 up 47.3% rising
127 Belize 372 number 2019 up 125.5% volatile
128 Guyana 356 number 2012 up 154.3% volatile
129 Togo 340 number 2019 up 566.7% volatile
130 Eswatini 299 number 2015 up 91.7% volatile
131 Haiti 243 number 1986 up 406.2% volatile
132 Liberia 239 number 2012 up 92.7% volatile
133 Bhutan 232 number 2020 up 25.4% volatile
134 Malawi 230 number 2011 up 50.3% rising
135 Guinea 218 number 2014 up 186.8% volatile
136 Samoa 198 number 2018 — volatile
137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 183 number 2015 — volatile
138 Sierra Leone 175 number 2002 — volatile
139 United States Virgin Islands 134 number 2007 up 4.7% rising
140 Saint Lucia 128 number 2019 up 4.9% rising
141 Mauritius 122 number 1995 up 351.9% volatile
142 Eritrea 100 number 2016 up 61.3% volatile
143 Chad 97 number 2015 up 506.2% volatile
144 Fiji 92 number 1991 up 109.1% rising
145 Aruba 75 number 2016 down 29.9% rising
146 Andorra 72 number 2019 up 4.3% rising
147 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51 number 1990 up 96.2% volatile
149 Central African Republic 36 number 2011 up 20.0% falling
150 Seychelles 35 number 2019 up 34.6% rising
150 British Virgin Islands 35 number 2018 down 23.9% falling
152 Mauritania 33 number 2013 up 120.0% rising
153 Tonga 24 number 2000 — volatile
154 Bermuda 23 number 2018 down 52.1% falling
155 Comoros 22 number 2012 up 22.2% volatile
156 Cayman Islands 20 number 2008 up 150.0% rising
156 Djibouti 20 number 2007 up 233.3% volatile
156 New Caledonia 20 number 1984 up 233.3% volatile
159 Dominica 11 number 1993 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 tertiary education programmes, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
204 places, 4,731 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5-8). 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.