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Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number) by country

Total number of female teachers in public and private upper secondary education institutions (ISCED 3). 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,...

Countries reporting
132
Highest
1.49 million number
China
Lowest
36 number
Liechtenstein
Median
11,253 number
Years covered
49
1971–2019
Data points
2,830

What the numbers show

Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number) is currently reported for 132 countries. The highest value is 1.49 million number in China; the lowest is 36 number in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 11,253 number, and the mean is 54,752 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 41,405.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 1,386.7%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 71.6%).

Teachers in upper secondary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 1.49 million number 2019 up 15.9% rising
2 India 1.19 million number 2019 up 49.4% rising
3 United States of America 477,591 number 2017 — rising
4 Indonesia 417,198 number 2018 up 42.3% rising
5 Brazil 359,600 number 2018 down 2.1% falling
6 Italy 182,790 number 2018 up 14.8% rising
7 Türkiye 173,976 number 2018 up 120.0% rising
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 131,251 number 2018 down 5.8% flat
9 Egypt 128,913 number 2019 up 12.1% rising
10 France 128,825 number 2018 down 1.1% flat
11 Mexico 126,708 number 2012 up 42.1% rising
12 Argentina 110,161 number 2008 up 70.5% rising
13 Canada 106,405 number 2018 up 1.8% rising
14 Nigeria 105,446 number 2010 up 326.4% volatile
15 Germany 97,712 number 2018 up 6.1% rising
16 Poland 93,358 number 2018 down 12.7% falling
17 Spain 85,600 number 2018 up 79.3% flat
18 Iran, Islamic Republic of 82,097 number 2017 — rising
19 Thailand 78,089 number 2019 up 69.0% rising
20 Pakistan 76,322 number 2018 up 53.6% rising
21 Republic of Korea 66,985 number 2018 up 33.7% rising
22 Saudi Arabia 60,792 number 2019 down 5.3% rising
23 Philippines 59,527 number 2018 up 43.1% rising
24 Kenya 54,256 number 2016 up 170.8% rising
25 Uzbekistan 52,936 number 2017 up 10.5% rising
26 Belgium 52,048 number 2018 up 3.8% flat
27 Bangladesh 43,038 number 2019 up 22.6% rising
28 Romania 39,586 number 2018 down 11.1% falling
29 Malaysia 38,720 number 2004 — rising
30 Myanmar 37,144 number 2018 up 97.2% rising
31 Sudan 33,167 number 2017 up 17.7% rising
32 Chile 31,852 number 2018 up 31.4% rising
33 Netherlands 30,272 number 2018 up 13.5% rising
34 Portugal 29,482 number 2018 down 5.3% falling
35 Israel 28,660 number 2009 up 27.0% rising
36 Ecuador 26,888 number 2018 up 62.1% rising
37 Hungary 26,249 number 2016 down 13.5% falling
38 Least developed countries 217,626 number 2019 up 188.1% rising
38 Cuba 26,074 number 2019 up 27.3% rising
39 Guatemala 25,808 number 2019 up 164.1% rising
40 Syrian Arab Republic 25,526 number 2013 up 59.2% rising
41 Colombia 25,073 number 2017 down 17.8% rising
42 Tunisia 25,005 number 2018 up 86.4% rising
43 Morocco 23,822 number 2019 up 71.7% rising
44 Dominican Republic 21,950 number 2019 up 83.7% rising
45 Czechia 21,221 number 2012 down 27.8% falling
46 Sweden 20,531 number 2018 down 2.6% falling
47 Serbia 20,330 number 2019 up 12.7% rising
48 Greece 19,933 number 2018 down 6.5% rising
49 Croatia 19,119 number 2018 up 19.8% rising
50 Belarus 16,925 number 2018 down 17.7% falling
51 Bulgaria 16,535 number 2018 down 28.0% falling
52 Austria 16,440 number 2017 up 8.8% flat
53 Georgia 15,848 number 2019 down 19.1% flat
54 Norway 15,215 number 2018 — rising
55 Switzerland 14,438 number 2018 up 11.5% rising
56 Denmark 13,825 number 2018 — rising
57 Ghana 13,815 number 2019 up 160.7% volatile
58 Honduras 13,261 number 2019 up 36.3% rising
59 Jordan 13,210 number 2019 up 57.8% rising
60 Lebanon 13,063 number 2016 up 28.9% rising
61 Nepal 12,019 number 2019 up 271.9% volatile
62 Slovakia 11,941 number 2018 down 25.0% falling
63 Afghanistan 11,745 number 2018 up 363.3% rising
64 Finland 11,708 number 2018 down 15.3% rising
65 New Zealand 11,623 number 2018 up 8.9% rising
66 Kuwait 10,882 number 2019 up 45.6% rising
67 Costa Rica 9,000 number 2019 up 83.7% rising
68 Palestine, State of 8,746 number 2019 up 172.0% volatile
69 Madagascar 8,344 number 2018 up 96.5% rising
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,736 number 2019 up 21.0% rising
71 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,140 number 2019 up 140.1% rising
72 Lithuania 6,431 number 2018 down 32.1% falling
73 Oman 6,281 number 2019 up 71.6% volatile
74 Albania 5,989 number 2019 up 22.9% rising
75 Panama 5,582 number 2017 up 46.6% rising
76 Latvia 5,271 number 2018 down 27.6% falling
77 Republic of Moldova 4,538 number 2019 down 28.3% rising
78 North Macedonia 4,531 number 2018 up 21.2% rising
79 Slovenia 4,117 number 2018 down 20.4% falling
80 El Salvador 4,023 number 2018 up 24.7% rising
81 Puerto Rico 3,874 number 2018 down 71.6% falling
82 Mongolia 3,811 number 2006 up 45.7% rising
83 Mali 3,397 number 2017 up 322.0% volatile
84 Burundi 3,137 number 2019 up 1,386.7% volatile
85 Nicaragua 3,009 number 2008 up 65.4% rising
86 Bahrain 2,984 number 2019 up 29.0% rising
87 Estonia 2,953 number 2018 down 35.3% falling
88 Benin 2,811 number 2014 up 340.6% volatile
89 Cambodia 2,641 number 2007 up 155.2% rising
90 Brunei Darussalam 2,606 number 2019 up 110.5% volatile
91 Qatar 2,570 number 2019 up 27.2% rising
92 Burkina Faso 2,311 number 2019 up 145.1% rising
93 Cyprus 2,296 number 2018 up 24.8% rising
94 Luxembourg 1,784 number 2018 up 14.9% rising
95 Ethiopia 1,728 number 2015 down 7.7% rising
96 Niger 1,440 number 2018 up 542.9% volatile
97 Malta 1,384 number 2017 up 529.1% rising
98 Montenegro 1,311 number 2019 down 8.0% falling
99 Mozambique 1,178 number 2013 up 294.0% volatile
100 Bhutan 1,056 number 2018 up 407.7% volatile
101 Iceland 983 number 2012 up 34.3% rising
102 Suriname 943 number 2014 up 26.4% rising
103 Guyana 932 number 2012 up 60.1% rising
104 Chad 909 number 2018 up 167.4% volatile
105 Sierra Leone 817 number 2019 up 122.6% rising
106 Macau, China 815 number 2019 up 36.1% rising
107 Timor-Leste 792 number 2019 up 193.3% rising
108 Eritrea, The State of 777 number 2018 up 256.4% volatile
109 Bahamas 753 number 2018 down 13.8% rising
110 Comoros 656 number 2018 up 460.7% volatile
111 Cape Verde 645 number 2018 up 20.6% rising
112 Samoa 598 number 2019 up 33.8% rising
113 Antigua and Barbuda 511 number 2015 up 51.2% volatile
114 Mauritania 481 number 2019 up 146.7% volatile
115 Senegal 478 number 2004 up 42.7% rising
116 Maldives 409 number 2019 — volatile
117 Belize 383 number 2019 up 38.8% rising
118 Barbados 350 number 2019 — flat
119 Gambia 323 number 2019 up 135.8% rising
120 Saint Lucia 303 number 2019 up 25.7% rising
121 Djibouti 271 number 2019 up 168.3% rising
122 Bermuda 223 number 2016 down 11.9% rising
123 Dominica 203 number 2016 up 49.3% rising
124 Grenada 179 number 2018 up 22.6% rising
125 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 167 number 2010 up 142.0% rising
126 Saint Kitts and Nevis 129 number 2012 up 40.2% rising
127 Kiribati 104 number 2008 down 12.6% falling
128 Cayman Islands 100 number 2018 up 2.0% volatile
129 British Virgin Islands 61 number 2011 up 90.6% rising
130 Gibraltar 39 number 2017 down 40.9% rising
131 Liechtenstein 36 number 2018 up 89.5% rising

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
176 places, 2,830 data points, 1971–2019
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Total number of female teachers in public and private upper secondary education institutions (ISCED 3). 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.