Primary 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 primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Primary education, teachers (% female) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Seychelles (2007)85.37
2Botswana (2005)77.63
3Lesotho (2006)77.53
4South Africa (2007)76.52
5Swaziland (2007)70.46
6Cape Verde (2007)66.69
7Mauritius (2007)64.71
8Namibia (2007)64.67
9Sudan (2007)63.7
10Madagascar (2007)60.6
11Egypt (2007)55.8
12Sao Tome and Principe (2006)55.4
13Rwanda (2007)53.45
14North Africa (2007)53.25
15Tunisia (2007)53.14
16Algeria (2007)52.86
17Burundi (2007)52.75
18Zimbabwe (2003)50.63
19Nigeria (2006)50.47
20Tanzania (2008)49.01
21Sub-Saharan Africa (2006)48.5
22Zambia (2007)48.04
23Eritrea (2007)47.94
24Morocco (2007)47.23
25Africa (2007)46.85
26Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2006)45.01
27Gabon (2004)44.65
28Republic of the Congo (2007)44.32
29Kenya (2007)44.15
30Niger (2007)42.93
31Cameroon (2007)42.51
32Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2007)39.68
33Uganda (2007)39.2
34Malawi (2007)37.72
35Somalia (1999)35.01
36Mauritania (2007)34.62
37Equatorial Guinea (2007)34.37
38Mozambique (2007)33.51
39Gambia (2007)33.14
40Ghana (2008)33.03
41Burkina Faso (2008)32.93
42Comoros (2005)32.85
43Senegal (2007)27.97
44Ethiopia (1999)27.85
45Mali (2007)26.59
46Guinea (2007)26.09
47Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)25.91
48Djibouti (2008)25.77
49Sierra Leone (2007)25.68
50Ivory Coast (2007)24.5
51Angola (1998)24.47
52Guinea-Bissau (2001)20.24
53Benin (2006)17.36
54Chad (2007)13.37
55Central African Republic (2008)12.7
56Togo (2007)12.09
57Liberia (2008)12.07
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