Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
152
Highest
1.91 million
China
Lowest
8
Montserrat
Median
8,378
Years covered
55
1971–2025
Data points
8,192
What the numbers show
Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number) is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 1.91 million in China; the lowest is 8 in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 8,378, and the mean is 63,021.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 1,506.2%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 81.3%).
Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number) (upper female): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.91 million | 2024 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 2 | India | 1.70 million | 2025 | up 110.9% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 810,859 | 2024 | up 1,262.3% | volatile |
| 4 | United States | 493,762 | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 396,079 | 2025 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 289,051 | 2025 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 234,829 | 2024 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 8 | Nigeria | 230,825 | 2021 | up 118.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Turkey | 211,572 | 2023 | up 87.2% | rising |
| 10 | Mexico | 210,751 | 2023 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 184,503 | 2019 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 12 | Malaysia | 143,529 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 131,251 | 2018 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 14 | France | 125,197 | 2013 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 15 | Egypt | 114,932 | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 112,756 | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 110,161 | 2008 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 18 | Iran | 109,093 | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 102,997 | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 100,065 | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 93,331 | 2024 | up 145.4% | rising |
| 22 | Philippines | 91,102 | 2024 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 89,614 | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 80,920 | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 25 | South Korea | 73,258 | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 62,089 | 2024 | down 19.2% | flat |
| 27 | South Africa | 60,900 | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 28 | Kenya | 57,908 | 2023 | up 160.1% | rising |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 54,952 | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 30 | Belgium | 54,459 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 31 | Cambodia | 42,419 | 2021 | up 1,506.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Romania | 39,392 | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 33 | Syria | 39,112 | 2024 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 37,314 | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 35 | Myanmar | 37,144 | 2018 | up 97.2% | rising |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 35,914 | 2024 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 35,654 | 2022 | up 236.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Netherlands | 34,186 | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 39 | Sudan | 32,930 | 2018 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 40 | Guatemala | 30,361 | 2024 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 41 | Morocco | 30,111 | 2024 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 42 | Colombia | 29,745 | 2022 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 43 | Israel | 28,660 | 2009 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 44 | Ecuador | 27,930 | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 45 | Tunisia | 26,890 | 2022 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 46 | Hungary | 26,842 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 47 | Cuba | 26,186 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 25,344 | 2015 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 49 | Greece | 22,247 | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 50 | Azerbaijan | 21,883 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 51 | Czechia | 21,221 | 2012 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 52 | Sweden | 21,137 | 2024 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 53 | Serbia | 20,229 | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 54 | Croatia | 18,690 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 18,037 | 2024 | up 943.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 17,557 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 57 | Belarus | 17,347 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 58 | Austria | 16,756 | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 59 | Norway | 15,592 | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 60 | Ghana | 15,436 | 2021 | up 127.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Switzerland | 14,438 | 2018 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 62 | Jordan | 13,722 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 63 | Honduras | 13,618 | 2022 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 64 | Lebanon | 13,169 | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 65 | Finland | 12,739 | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 66 | Denmark | 12,206 | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 67 | Slovakia | 11,684 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 68 | Nepal | 11,388 | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 69 | New Zealand | 11,219 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 70 | Kuwait | 11,215 | 2021 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 71 | Georgia | 10,964 | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 72 | Armenia | 10,681 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 73 | Angola | 10,651 | 2023 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 9,119 | 2024 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 75 | Afghanistan | 9,108 | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 76 | Palestine | 8,514 | 2023 | up 110.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8,242 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 78 | Madagascar | 7,651 | 2019 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 79 | Oman | 6,828 | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Laos | 6,452 | 2022 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Albania | 5,782 | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 82 | Panama | 5,582 | 2017 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 83 | Lithuania | 5,059 | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 84 | Rwanda | 4,655 | 2024 | up 119.4% | rising |
| 85 | Senegal | 4,644 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 4,494 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 87 | Moldova | 4,224 | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 88 | Slovenia | 4,181 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 89 | El Salvador | 4,118 | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 90 | Mali | 3,978 | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Burkina Faso | 3,966 | 2024 | up 127.5% | rising |
| 92 | Latvia | 3,884 | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 93 | Puerto Rico | 3,874 | 2018 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 94 | Mongolia | 3,811 | 2006 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 95 | Fiji | 3,279 | 2024 | up 142.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Qatar | 3,163 | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 3,009 | 2008 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 98 | Estonia | 2,953 | 2018 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 99 | Burundi | 2,892 | 2020 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 100 | Benin | 2,811 | 2014 | up 340.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Bahrain | 2,706 | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 102 | Cyprus | 2,576 | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 103 | Brunei | 2,496 | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Niger | 2,086 | 2024 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 2,012 | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 106 | Namibia | 1,585 | 2024 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 107 | Malta | 1,580 | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 108 | Chad | 1,566 | 2023 | up 187.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Montenegro | 1,550 | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 110 | Bhutan | 1,427 | 2024 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Eritrea | 1,355 | 2022 | up 160.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Sierra Leone | 1,302 | 2024 | up 108.3% | rising |
| 113 | Mozambique | 1,178 | 2013 | up 294.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Congo | 1,176 | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Iceland | 983 | 2012 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 116 | Suriname | 981 | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 117 | Guyana | 932 | 2012 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 118 | Bahamas | 860 | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 119 | East Timor | 858 | 2020 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 120 | Macao | 813 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 121 | Cape Verde | 764 | 2022 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 122 | Samoa | 634 | 2022 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 123 | Gambia | 600 | 2021 | up 338.0% | rising |
| 124 | Mauritania | 481 | 2020 | up 146.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Djibouti | 446 | 2023 | up 88.2% | rising |
| 126 | Liberia | 415 | 2020 | up 111.7% | falling |
| 127 | Barbados | 407 | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 128 | Belize | 377 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 129 | Maldives | 338.71 | 2022 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Kiribati | 301 | 2024 | up 69.1% | rising |
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 298 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 132 | Comoros | 257 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 133 | Bermuda | 223 | 2016 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 134 | Micronesia (country) | 204 | 2021 | up 31.6% | flat |
| 135 | Dominica | 203 | 2016 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 136 | Grenada | 179 | 2018 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 137 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 167 | 2010 | up 142.0% | rising |
| 138 | Antigua and Barbuda | 153 | 2012 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 139 | Monaco | 131 | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 140 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 129 | 2012 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 141 | Cayman Islands | 119 | 2024 | down 45.9% | rising |
| 142 | Marshall Islands | 103 | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 143 | San Marino | 93 | 2024 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 144 | Cook Islands | 65 | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 145 | British Virgin Islands | 61 | 2011 | up 90.6% | rising |
| 146 | Palau | 55 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 147 | Gibraltar | 39 | 2017 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 148 | Liechtenstein | 30 | 2021 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 149 | Tuvalu | 20 | 2025 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Niue | 16 | 2024 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Nauru | 15 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 152 | Montserrat | 8 | 2009 | up 33.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: World 10.28 million
- UIS: World 10.28 million
- MDG: World 10.28 million
- WB: World 10.28 million
- UNICEF: World 10.25 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 8.44 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 8.27 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 8.05 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 8.02 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 7.85 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 6.61 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 6.24 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 5.79 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 4.52 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 4.19 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 3.60 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 3.42 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 3.39 million
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 3.06 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 2.91 million
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 2.90 million
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 2.90 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 2.90 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 2.88 million
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 2.86 million
- AIMS: East Asia 2.85 million
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 2.72 million
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 2.69 million
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 2.68 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 2.68 million
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 2.66 million
- AIMS: South and West Asia 2.49 million
- MDG: Southern Asia 2.49 million
- SDG: Southern Asia 2.49 million
- UIS: South and West Asia 2.49 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 2.40 million
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 2.40 million
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 2.40 million
- UNICEF: South Asia 2.40 million
- WB: Oecd Members 2.37 million
About this data
February 2026 Data Release