Secondary education, teachers (% female) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Break in series between 1997 and 1998 due to due to change from International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED76) to ISCED97. Recent data are provisional. Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Secondary education, teachers (% female) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Mauritius (2007)56.45
2Seychelles (2007)55.27
3Lesotho (2006)54.74
4Botswana (2005)53.88
5Rwanda (2007)53.36
6South Africa (2007)53.2
7Sudan (2007)51.65
8Namibia (2007)49.79
9Algeria (2004)49.31
10Swaziland (2007)47.64
11Madagascar (2006)47.13
12Tunisia (2005)44.99
13Egypt (2007)41.74
14Zimbabwe (2003)39.81
15Kenya (2007)39.64
16Cape Verde (2007)39.44
17Zambia (2007)39
18Nigeria (2006)38.24
19Sub-Saharan Africa (1991)35.03
20Morocco (2004)33.29
21Ivory Coast (1991)31.93
22Angola (2001)30.02
23Cameroon (2006)26.41
24Liberia (2000)26.23
25Burundi (2007)24.41
26Malawi (2002)23.63
27Djibouti (2008)23.31
28Tanzania (1991)22.78
29Ghana (2008)22.08
30Uganda (2007)21.8
31Niger (2007)16.94
32Burkina Faso (2008)16.86
33Mozambique (2007)16.45
34Gabon (1999)16.28
35Sierra Leone (2007)16.04
36Gambia (2007)15.87
37Senegal (2007)15.43
38Republic of the Congo (2005)14.37
39Mali (2000)13.48
40Comoros (2005)12.97
41Sao Tome and Principe (2006)12.53
42Benin (2004)12.3
43Eritrea (2007)11.77
44Mauritania (2007)10.38
45Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)10.11
46Ethiopia (1991)9.85
47Togo (2007)6.75
48Guinea-Bissau (2000)6.73
49Guinea (2007)6.34
50Chad (2003)5.23
51Equatorial Guinea (2000)4.36
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