Primary education, teachers (% female) - Teachers - Education Statistics



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Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
Primary education, teachers (% female) - Teachers - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Armenia (2007)99.68
2Belarus (2008)99.24
3Ukraine (2008)98.79
4Russia (2008)98.46
5Kazakhstan (2009)98.35
6Kyrgyzstan (2008)97.62
7Czech Republic (2008)97.55
8Slovenia (2008)97.51
9Moldova (2008)97.32
10Lithuania (2008)97.32
11Hungary (2008)95.9
12Mongolia (2008)95.31
13Italy (2007)95.25
14Estonia (2008)94.04
15Antigua and Barbuda (2008)93.48
16Bulgaria (2008)93.47
17Suriname (2008)93.06
18Latvia (2008)92.89
19Uruguay (1999)92
20San Marino (2008)91.13
21Croatia (2007)91.11
22Brazil (2008)91.08
23Bermuda (2006)89.42
24Slovakia (2008)89.34
25Kuwait (2008)89.2
26Austria (2008)89.19
27St. Kitts and Nevis (2008)89.03
28Jamaica (2005)88.98
29Guyana (2008)87.75
30Cayman Islands (2008)87.7
31Macau (2008)87.43
32Philippines (2007)87.27
33Argentina (2007)87.26
34Bahamas (2008)87.14
35Azerbaijan (2008)87.06
36St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)86.57
37Netherlands Antilles (2003)86.38
38Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1991)86.14
39St. Lucia (2008)86.09
40Israel (2008)86.01
41Romania (2008)85.94
42Lebanon (2008)85.74
43United States (2008)85.64
44Malta (2005)85.6
45Qatar (2008)85.29
46Germany (2008)85.2
47Georgia (2008)85.2
48Dominica (2008)85
49Sri Lanka (2008)84.96
50Uzbekistan (2008)84.93
51United Arab Emirates (2007)84.5
52Ireland (2008)84.46
53Seychelles (2008)84.33
54Poland (2007)84.3
55Burma (2008)83.64
56New Zealand (2008)83.52
57Serbia (2008)83.51
58Aruba (2008)82.56
59Cyprus (2008)82.39
60France (2008)82.36
61Portugal (2007)81.78
62Kiribati (2008)81.55
63United Kingdom (2008)81.44
64Venezuela (2008)81.27
65Singapore (2008)81.03
66Sweden (2008)81.01
67Belgium (2008)80.3
68Botswana (2006)80.11
69Costa Rica (2008)79.99
70Switzerland (2008)79.8
71Iceland (2007)79.62
72Barbados (2008)79.33
73Palau (2000)79.03
74Trinidad and Tobago (2008)78.61
75Chile (2007)78.4
76Finland (2008)78.35
77Colombia (2008)77.92
78Andorra (2008)77.9
79Hong Kong (2008)77.89
80Vietnam (2008)77.33
81South Korea (2008)77.21
82North Korea (2008)77.21
83Lesotho (2007)76.63
84Cuba (2008)76.56
85South Africa (2007)76.52
86Nicaragua (2008)76.26
87Liechtenstein (2008)76.2
88Australia (1996)76.17
89Bahrain (2002)75.79
90Albania (2004)75.71
91Panama (2008)75.56
92Grenada (2008)75.28
93Spain (2008)75.2
94Honduras (2008)74.8
95Brunei Darussalam (2008)74.52
96El Salvador (2008)72.84
97Western Samoa (2004)72.61
98Norway (2004)72.57
99Paraguay (2004)72.45
100Macedonia (2007)72.22
101Iraq (2005)72.16
102Maldives (2008)71.95
103Belize (2008)71.9
104Luxembourg (2008)71.66
105Swaziland (2007)70.46
106Ecuador (2008)70.04
107Dominican Republic (2008)69.22
108Malaysia (2007)68.41
109Tajikistan (2008)68.32
110Canada (2000)68.07
111French Polynesia (1995)67.3
112Namibia (2005)66.86
113West Bank and Gaza (2008)66.84
114Cape Verde (2008)66.67
115Monaco (1970)66.67
116Mauritius (2008)66.44
117Mexico (2008)66.4
118Syria (2008)65.96
119Guatemala (2008)65.39
120Greece (2007)65.33
121Peru (2008)65.25
122Japan (2006)64.88
123American Samoa (1991)64.21
124Denmark (2001)64
125Middle income (2002)63.99
126Jordan (2003)63.98
127Oman (2008)63.77
128Iran (2008)63.41
129Tonga (2004)62.99
130Bolivia (2004)61.41
131Sudan (2009)61.31
132Netherlands (1996)60.31
133Thailand (2008)59.98
134Indonesia (2008)59.06
135Madagascar (2008)56.39
136China (2008)56.11
137Egypt (2007)55.8
138Libya (1985)55.74
139Fiji (2008)55.22
140Vanuatu (2007)54.65
141Rwanda (2008)54.42
142Tunisia (2008)54.07
143Algeria (2008)53.23
144Burundi (2007)52.75
145Saudi Arabia (2008)50.91
146Zimbabwe (2003)50.63
147Tanzania (2008)50.26
148Zambia (2008)50.14
149Laos (2008)48.87
150Sao Tome and Principe (2009)48.64
151Morocco (2008)48.54
152Eritrea (2008)48.32
153Nigeria (2007)48.29
154Pakistan (2008)47.2
155New Caledonia (1970)47.02
156Republic of the Congo (2008)46.5
157Kenya (2008)45.51
158Niger (2009)45.4
159Gabon (2004)44.65
160Cameroon (2008)44.21
161India (2004)44
162Cambodia (2008)43.94
163Turkey (1994)43.57
164Papua New Guinea (2006)42.66
165Bangladesh (2008)41.82
166Solomon Islands (1999)40.58
167Uganda (2008)39.83
168Ethiopia (2008)39.08
169Malawi (1995)39
170Comoros (2008)36.88
171Mauritania (2008)35.52
172Nepal (2008)35.5
173Mozambique (2008)35.35
174Bhutan (2009)34.59
175Equatorial Guinea (2007)34.37
176Marshall Islands (2003)34.22
177Burkina Faso (2009)33.38
178Gambia (2008)33.38
179Ghana (2008)33.03
180Timor-Leste (2008)32.77
181Haiti (1996)32.64
182Afghanistan (2008)29
183Senegal (2008)28.8
184Chad (2008)28.44
185Guinea (2008)27.64
186Mali (2008)26.69
187Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)26.51
188Djibouti (2008)25.77
189Sierra Leone (2007)25.68
190Angola (1998)24.47
191Ivory Coast (2008)22.87
192Guinea-Bissau (2000)20.23
193Yemen (2000)19.84
194Benin (2008)18.66
195Somalia (2007)16.62
196Central African Republic (2008)12.55
197Togo (2007)12.09
198Liberia (2008)12.07
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