| Country or area |
Female teachers,
Primary education |
Female teachers,
Secondary education |
Female teachers,
Tertiary education |
| Year |
% |
Year |
% |
Year |
% |
| Afghanistan |
2011 |
|
31 |
2007 |
|
28 |
2009 |
|
16 |
| Albania |
2011 |
|
83 |
2011 |
|
63 |
2011 |
|
51 |
| Algeria |
2011 |
|
55 |
... |
|
... |
2011 |
|
39 |
| Andorra |
2011 |
|
79 |
2005 |
|
59 |
2009 |
|
61 |
| Angola |
2007 |
|
40 |
2001 |
a |
30 |
2010 |
|
29 |
| Anguilla |
2011 |
|
75 |
2011 |
|
68 |
2008 |
|
43 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
2011 |
|
91 |
2011 |
|
71 |
2011 |
b |
63 |
| Argentina |
2008 |
|
87 |
2008 |
|
68 |
2009 |
|
49 |
| Armenia |
2007 |
|
100 |
2010 |
|
84 |
2011 |
|
55 |
| Aruba |
2011 |
|
85 |
2010 |
|
59 |
2011 |
|
54 |
| Austria |
2011 |
|
90 |
2011 |
|
63 |
2011 |
|
39 |
| Azerbaijan |
2011 |
|
89 |
... |
|
... |
2011 |
|
53 |
| Bahamas |
2010 |
|
92 |
2010 |
|
76 |
... |
|
... |
| Bahrain |
2002 |
a |
76 |
2002 |
a |
54 |
2011 |
|
38 |
| Bangladesh |
2011 |
|
54 |
2011 |
|
22 |
2011 |
|
17 |
| Barbados |
2011 |
|
78 |
2006 |
|
59 |
2007 |
|
49 |
| Belarus |
2010 |
|
99 |
... |
|
... |
2011 |
|
59 |
| Belgium |
2010 |
|
81 |
2002 |
|
59 |
2010 |
|
45 |
| Belize |
2011 |
|
73 |
2011 |
a |
60 |
2011 |
|
46 |
| Benin |
2011 |
|
20 |
2004 |
a |
12 |
2009 |
|
8 |
| Bermuda |
2011 |
|
91 |
2011 |
|
67 |
2011 |
|
55 |
| Bhutan |
2012 |
|
40 |
2012 |
|
39 |
2011 |
|
24 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational
State of) |
2004 |
a |
61 |
2004 |
a |
53 |
2007 |
|
29 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
2011 |
|
40 |
| Botswana |
2009 |
|
76 |
2007 |
|
50 |
2005 |
|
37 |
| Brazil |
2011 |
|
90 |
2011 |
|
66 |
2011 |
|
45 |
| British Virgin Islands |
2011 |
|
93 |
2011 |
|
64 |
2009 |
|
44 |
| Brunei Darussalam |
2011 |
|
76 |
2011 |
|
65 |
2011 |
|
45 |
| Bulgaria |
2010 |
|
94 |
2010 |
|
79 |
2010 |
|
49 |
| Burkina Faso |
2012 |
|
38 |
2012 |
|
17 |
2011 |
|
8 |
| Burundi |
2011 |
|
53 |
2011 |
|
20 |
2010 |
|
12 |
| Cambodia |
2011 |
|
48 |
2007 |
|
32 |
2011 |
|
12 |
| Cameroon |
2011 |
|
50 |
2011 |
|
28 |
2010 |
a |
19 |
| Canada |
2000 |
|
68 |
... |
|
... |
2000 |
|
41 |
| Cape Verde |
2011 |
|
67 |
2011 |
|
41 |
2011 |
|
39 |
| Cayman Islands |
2011 |
|
85 |
2011 |
|
48 |
2008 |
|
59 |
| Central African Republic |
2011 |
|
18 |
2011 |
|
12 |
2011 |
|
9 |
| Chad |
2011 |
|
15 |
2011 |
|
7 |
2009 |
|
4 |
| Chile |
2011 |
|
78 |
2011 |
|
62 |
2011 |
|
41 |
| China |
2011 |
|
58 |
2011 |
|
49 |
2011 |
|
45 |
| China, Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region |
2011 |
|
78 |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
| China, Macao Special
Administrative Region |
2011 |
|
87 |
2011 |
|
59 |
2011 |
|
35 |
| Colombia |
2011 |
|
79 |
2011 |
|
51 |
2009 |
b |
66 |
| Comoros |
2011 |
|
28 |
2005 |
a |
13 |
2011 |
|
8 |
| Congo |
2010 |
|
53 |
2004 |
a |
13 |
2011 |
|
7 |
| Cook Islands |
2010 |
|
86 |
2011 |
|
57 |
... |
|
... |
| Costa Rica |
2011 |
|
80 |
2011 |
|
60 |
... |
|
... |
| Côte d'Ivoire |
2011 |
|
27 |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
| Croatia |
2010 |
|
92 |
2010 |
|
69 |
2010 |
|
44 |
| Cuba |
2011 |
|
78 |
2011 |
|
55 |
2011 |
|
52 |
| Cyprus |
2010 |
|
83 |
2010 |
|
64 |
2010 |
|
39 |
| Czech Republic |
2011 |
|
97 |
2011 |
|
66 |
2011 |
|
36 |
| Democratic Republic of
the Congo |
2011 |
|
27 |
2010 |
|
11 |
2011 |
|
5 |
| Denmark |
2001 |
|
64 |
2001 |
|
48 |
... |
|
... |
| Djibouti |
2012 |
|
25 |
2012 |
|
24 |
2007 |
|
17 |
| Dominica |
2011 |
|
86 |
2011 |
|
72 |
... |
|
... |
| Dominican Republic |
2011 |
|
78 |
2011 |
|
67 |
2004 |
a |
41 |
| Ecuador |
2011 |
|
71 |
2011 |
|
54 |
2008 |
|
31 |
| Egypt |
2010 |
|
53 |
2009 |
|
44 |
... |
|
... |
| El Salvador |
2011 |
|
73 |
2011 |
|
53 |
2011 |
|
36 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
2011 |
|
40 |
2000 |
a |
4 |
2000 |
|
16 |
| Eritrea |
2011 |
|
41 |
2011 |
|
15 |
2004 |
|
14 |
| Estonia |
2010 |
|
93 |
2010 |
|
77 |
2006 |
a |
48 |
| Ethiopia |
2011 |
|
37 |
2011 |
|
26 |
2011 |
|
9 |
| Fiji |
2011 |
|
61 |
2011 |
|
50 |
2011 |
|
0 |
| Finland |
2011 |
|
79 |
2011 |
|
65 |
2011 |
|
50 |
| France |
2011 |
|
83 |
2011 |
|
59 |
2004 |
|
39 |
| Gabon |
2011 |
|
53 |
1999 |
a |
16 |
1999 |
|
17 |
| Gambia |
2011 |
|
29 |
... |
|
... |
2004 |
|
16 |
| Georgia |
2010 |
b |
86 |
2009 |
b |
86 |
2010 |
|
52 |
| Germany |
2010 |
|
86 |
2010 |
|
59 |
2010 |
|
39 |
| Ghana |
2012 |
|
37 |
2012 |
|
25 |
2012 |
|
18 |
| Gibraltar |
2009 |
|
78 |
2009 |
|
46 |
... |
|
... |
| Greece |
2007 |
|
65 |
2007 |
|
58 |
2007 |
|
35 |
| Grenada |
2010 |
|
79 |
2010 |
|
62 |
... |
|
... |
| Guatemala |
2010 |
|
66 |
2010 |
|
45 |
... |
|
... |
| Guinea |
2012 |
|
30 |
2012 |
|
6 |
2011 |
|
4 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
2010 |
|
22 |
2000 |
a |
6 |
... |
|
... |
| Guyana |
2011 |
|
88 |
2011 |
|
69 |
2011 |
|
59 |
| Haiti |
1998 |
|
32 |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
| Holy See |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
1999 |
|
8 |
| Honduras |
2009 |
|
73 |
2004 |
|
55 |
2010 |
|
39 |
| Hungary |
2011 |
|
96 |
2011 |
|
71 |
2011 |
|
38 |
| Iceland |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
2010 |
|
47 |
| India |
2004 |
a |
44 |
2010 |
|
40 |
2004 |
|
40 |
| Indonesia |
2011 |
|
64 |
2011 |
|
54 |
2011 |
|
41 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic
of) |
2009 |
|
57 |
... |
|
... |
2011 |
|
24 |
| Iraq |
2007 |
a |
69 |
2007 |
|
55 |
2005 |
a |
35 |
| Ireland |
2011 |
|
85 |
... |
|
... |
2009 |
|
38 |
| Israel |
2010 |
|
85 |
2009 |
a |
73 |
... |
|
... |
| Italy |
2007 |
|
95 |
2007 |
|
67 |
2010 |
|
36 |
| Jamaica |
2010 |
|
91 |
2010 |
|
73 |
2003 |
a |
60 |
| Japan |
2006 |
a |
65 |
... |
|
... |
2006 |
b |
18 |
| Jordan |
2003 |
a |
64 |
2003 |
a |
58 |
2010 |
|
25 |
| Kazakhstan |
2012 |
|
98 |
2012 |
|
85 |
2012 |
|
64 |
| Kenya |
2009 |
a |
44 |
2009 |
a |
41 |
... |
|
... |
| Kiribati |
2008 |
|
82 |
2008 |
|
48 |
... |
|
... |
| Kuwait |
2011 |
|
90 |
2011 |
|
54 |
2004 |
a |
27 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
2011 |
|
98 |
2010 |
|
83 |
2011 |
|
61 |
| Lao People's Democratic
Republic |
2011 |
|
52 |
2011 |
|
48 |
2011 |
|
31 |
| Latvia |
2011 |
|
93 |
2011 |
|
82 |
2011 |
|
59 |
| Lebanon |
2011 |
|
87 |
2011 |
|
58 |
2011 |
|
41 |
| Lesotho |
2010 |
|
77 |
2010 |
a |
56 |
2006 |
|
47 |
| Liberia |
2011 |
|
14 |
2000 |
|
26 |
2001 |
a |
16 |
| Libya |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
2002 |
a |
13 |
| Liechtenstein |
2011 |
|
78 |
2011 |
|
53 |
2011 |
|
27 |
| Lithuania |
2011 |
|
96 |
2011 |
|
81 |
2011 |
|
55 |
| Luxembourg |
2010 |
|
74 |
2010 |
|
52 |
2010 |
|
43 |
| Madagascar |
2011 |
|
56 |
2009 |
|
45 |
2011 |
|
31 |
| Malawi |
2011 |
a |
40 |
2011 |
a |
28 |
2011 |
|
26 |
| Malaysia |
2010 |
|
69 |
2010 |
|
67 |
2010 |
|
50 |
| Maldives |
2011 |
|
72 |
2003 |
|
35 |
2003 |
|
67 |
| Mali |
2011 |
|
28 |
2011 |
|
11 |
... |
|
... |
| Malta |
2010 |
|
85 |
2010 |
|
60 |
2010 |
|
30 |
| Marshall Islands |
2002 |
|
34 |
2003 |
a |
39 |
2003 |
a |
51 |
| Mauritania |
2011 |
|
36 |
2007 |
a |
10 |
2011 |
|
6 |
| Mauritius |
2011 |
|
71 |
2010 |
|
58 |
... |
|
... |
| Mexico |
2011 |
|
67 |
2011 |
|
49 |
... |
|
... |
| Monaco |
2001 |
|
87 |
2008 |
|
68 |
... |
|
... |
| Mongolia |
2011 |
|
96 |
2010 |
|
73 |
2011 |
|
57 |
| Montenegro |
2012 |
|
74 |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
| Montserrat |
2009 |
|
97 |
2009 |
|
74 |
... |
|
... |
| Morocco |
2012 |
|
52 |
2004 |
a |
33 |
2009 |
|
17 |
| Mozambique |
2012 |
|
41 |
2012 |
a |
19 |
2011 |
|
25 |
| Myanmar |
2010 |
|
84 |
2010 |
|
85 |
2011 |
|
81 |
| Namibia |
2010 |
|
68 |
2005 |
|
50 |
2008 |
|
41 |
| Nauru |
2008 |
|
93 |
2007 |
|
79 |
... |
|
... |
| Nepal |
2012 |
|
42 |
2012 |
|
22 |
... |
|
... |
| Netherlands |
... |
|
... |
2010 |
|
49 |
2010 |
|
40 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
2002 |
|
86 |
2002 |
|
55 |
2002 |
a |
46 |
| New Zealand |
2010 |
|
84 |
2010 |
|
62 |
2010 |
|
51 |
| Nicaragua |
2010 |
|
77 |
2010 |
|
55 |
2003 |
a |
46 |
| Niger |
2012 |
|
46 |
2012 |
|
21 |
2010 |
|
12 |
| Nigeria |
2010 |
|
48 |
2010 |
|
46 |
2004 |
|
17 |
| Niue |
2005 |
a |
100 |
2005 |
|
68 |
... |
|
... |
| Norway |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
2001 |
|
36 |
| Oman |
2003 |
a |
62 |
2003 |
a |
52 |
2011 |
|
37 |
| Pakistan |
2011 |
|
48 |
2004 |
b |
51 |
2011 |
b |
37 |
| Palau |
2000 |
|
79 |
2000 |
|
59 |
2002 |
a |
46 |
| Panama |
2011 |
|
76 |
2011 |
|
60 |
2010 |
|
46 |
| Papua New Guinea |
2006 |
a |
43 |
1998 |
|
35 |
1999 |
a |
20 |
| Paraguay |
2004 |
a |
72 |
2004 |
a |
62 |
... |
|
... |
| Peru |
2011 |
|
66 |
2011 |
|
44 |
... |
|
... |
| Philippines |
2009 |
|
90 |
2009 |
|
76 |
2005 |
a |
56 |
| Poland |
2010 |
|
84 |
2010 |
|
70 |
2010 |
|
43 |
| Portugal |
2010 |
|
80 |
2010 |
|
69 |
2010 |
|
44 |
| Puerto Rico |
2010 |
|
81 |
2010 |
|
78 |
... |
|
... |
| Qatar |
2011 |
|
92 |
2011 |
|
55 |
2011 |
|
39 |
| Republic of Korea |
2010 |
|
78 |
2010 |
|
55 |
2010 |
|
34 |
| Republic of Moldova |
2011 |
|
98 |
2011 |
|
77 |
2011 |
|
56 |
| Romania |
2010 |
|
86 |
2010 |
|
68 |
2010 |
|
46 |
| Russian Federation |
2009 |
|
98 |
2009 |
|
81 |
2009 |
|
56 |
| Rwanda |
2011 |
|
52 |
2011 |
|
28 |
2010 |
|
16 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
2011 |
|
88 |
2011 |
|
64 |
... |
|
... |
| Saint Lucia |
2011 |
|
87 |
2011 |
b |
70 |
2011 |
|
53 |
| Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines |
2010 |
|
78 |
2010 |
|
64 |
... |
|
... |
| Samoa |
2010 |
|
77 |
2010 |
|
58 |
2001 |
a |
43 |
| San Marino |
2011 |
|
92 |
2011 |
|
76 |
... |
|
... |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
2012 |
|
56 |
2011 |
a |
20 |
2010 |
|
26 |
| Saudi Arabia |
2011 |
b |
50 |
2009 |
a |
52 |
2011 |
|
38 |
| Senegal |
2011 |
|
31 |
2011 |
b |
18 |
... |
|
... |
| Serbia |
2011 |
|
84 |
2011 |
|
64 |
2011 |
|
46 |
| Seychelles |
2011 |
|
88 |
2011 |
|
58 |
2011 |
|
41 |
| Sierra Leone |
2011 |
|
25 |
2001 |
|
27 |
2002 |
a |
15 |
| Singapore |
2009 |
|
81 |
2009 |
|
66 |
2012 |
|
38 |
| Slovakia |
2011 |
|
89 |
2011 |
|
74 |
2011 |
|
44 |
| Slovenia |
2011 |
|
97 |
2011 |
|
73 |
2011 |
|
39 |
| Solomon Islands |
2010 |
|
45 |
2010 |
|
29 |
... |
|
... |
| Somalia |
2007 |
|
17 |
2007 |
a |
14 |
... |
|
... |
| South Africa |
2009 |
|
77 |
2009 |
|
55 |
... |
|
... |
| Spain |
2011 |
|
75 |
2011 |
|
55 |
2011 |
|
40 |
| Sri Lanka |
2011 |
|
85 |
... |
|
... |
2011 |
|
43 |
| State of Palestine |
2011 |
|
70 |
2011 |
|
51 |
2011 |
|
19 |
| Sudan (pre-secession) |
2009 |
a |
61 |
2009 |
a |
55 |
2000 |
a |
23 |
| Suriname |
2011 |
|
94 |
2011 |
|
72 |
2002 |
a |
48 |
| Swaziland |
2011 |
|
71 |
2011 |
|
48 |
2011 |
|
55 |
| Sweden |
2011 |
|
82 |
2011 |
|
59 |
2011 |
|
43 |
| Switzerland |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
2011 |
|
37 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
2002 |
|
69 |
2002 |
a |
51 |
... |
|
... |
| Tajikistan |
2011 |
|
75 |
2011 |
|
46 |
2011 |
|
35 |
| Thailand |
2008 |
|
60 |
2011 |
|
51 |
2011 |
|
69 |
| The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia |
2010 |
|
79 |
2010 |
|
56 |
2010 |
|
48 |
| Timor-Leste |
2011 |
|
40 |
2011 |
|
29 |
2009 |
|
25 |
| Togo |
2012 |
|
14 |
2007 |
a |
7 |
2007 |
a |
11 |
| Tokelau |
2003 |
|
69 |
2003 |
a |
41 |
... |
|
... |
| Tonga |
2007 |
|
71 |
2002 |
|
52 |
2000 |
a |
23 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
2010 |
b |
79 |
2008 |
a |
63 |
2005 |
a |
33 |
| Tunisia |
2011 |
|
56 |
2011 |
|
51 |
2011 |
|
47 |
| Turkey |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
2010 |
|
41 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
2005 |
a |
89 |
2005 |
a |
62 |
... |
|
... |
| Tuvalu |
2003 |
a |
80 |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
| Uganda |
2010 |
|
41 |
2008 |
a |
25 |
2011 |
|
44 |
| Ukraine |
2011 |
|
99 |
2000 |
|
76 |
... |
|
... |
| United Arab Emirates |
2011 |
|
87 |
2011 |
|
58 |
2011 |
|
29 |
| United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland |
2010 |
|
87 |
2008 |
b |
62 |
2010 |
|
43 |
| United Republic of
Tanzania |
2012 |
|
52 |
2012 |
|
28 |
2012 |
|
30 |
| United States of America |
2010 |
|
87 |
2010 |
|
61 |
2010 |
|
47 |
| Uruguay |
1999 |
a |
92 |
1999 |
|
72 |
2009 |
|
50 |
| Uzbekistan |
2011 |
|
87 |
2011 |
|
62 |
2011 |
|
38 |
| Vanuatu |
2010 |
|
54 |
2002 |
a |
36 |
... |
|
... |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of) |
... |
|
... |
... |
|
... |
2008 |
a,b |
34 |
| Viet Nam |
2011 |
|
77 |
1998 |
|
64 |
2011 |
|
47 |
| Yemen |
2011 |
|
27 |
2011 |
|
29 |
2007 |
|
17 |
| Zambia |
2011 |
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51 |
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| Zimbabwe |
... |
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... |
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2011 |
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UIS Estimation |
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National Estimation |
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| Calculated by the United Nations Statistics Division based on
data published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics in table 4: Teaching
staff by ISCED level, available from UIS website, http://www.uis.unesco.org.
The list of countries or areas as well as the related years are the one
reported by UNESCO. |
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| Technical
notes |
| Statistics on teachers (teaching staff) are compiled by the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Institute for Statistics (UIS) from data provided by national Governments. |
| Teachers refer to 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. Excluded from this category are
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. |
| Definitions of primary, secondary and tertiary education are
elaborated in the 1997 International Standard Classification of Education
(ISCED 97). A concise definition of each is given under tables 4b, 4c and 4d. |
| The percentage of female teachers at each level of education
refers to the number of female teachers at each level of education expressed
as a percentage of the total number of teachers (male and female) at the same
level in a given school-year. This indicator shows the gender composition of
the teaching force. It helps also in assessing the need for opportunities
and/or incentives to encourage women and men to participate in teaching
activities at a given level of education. A percentage of female teachers
approaching 50% indicates gender parity in the composition of the teaching
force at a given level of education. A value greater than 50% reveals a
concentration of women in teaching at a specified level. |
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