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DEFINITION
Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
Education Statistics > Primary education, teachers > % female (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
Date
|
| #1 |
Belarus: |
99.29 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #2 |
Armenia: |
99.17 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #3 |
Ukraine: |
98.93 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #4 |
Russia: |
98.5 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #5 |
Kazakhstan: |
98.09 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #6 |
Lithuania: |
97.7 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #7 |
Slovenia: |
97.28 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #8 |
Latvia: |
97.18 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #9 |
Moldova: |
96.98 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #10 |
Hungary: |
95.89 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #11 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
95.65 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #12 |
Italy: |
95.37 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #13 |
Georgia: |
95.01 % female
|
2003 ... |
|
| #14 |
Mongolia: |
94.4 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #15 |
Bulgaria: |
92.56 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #16 |
Suriname: |
92.02 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #17 |
Uruguay: |
92 % female
|
1999 ... |
|
| #18 |
Slovakia: |
91.69 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #19 |
San Marino: |
90.99 % female
|
2000 ... |
|
| #20 |
Austria: |
90.9 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #21 |
Croatia: |
89.86 % female
|
2003 ... |
|
| #22 |
Brazil: |
89.73 % female
|
2003 ... |
|
| #23 |
Philippines: |
89.36 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #24 |
Jamaica: |
89.28 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #25 |
Macau: |
88.63 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #26 |
United States: |
88.58 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #27 |
Cayman Islands: |
88.54 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #28 |
Bermuda: |
88.09 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #29 |
Bahamas, The: |
88.08 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #30 |
Romania: |
86.9 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #31 |
Malta: |
86.76 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #32 |
Guyana: |
86.48 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #33 |
Netherlands Antilles: |
86.38 % female
|
2003 ... |
|
| #34 |
Argentina: |
86.36 % female
|
2003 ... |
|
| #35 |
Virgin Islands: |
86.14 % female
|
1991 ... |
|
| #36 |
Estonia: |
85.99 % female
|
2001 ... |
|
| #37 |
Saint Lucia: |
85.93 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #38 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
85.83 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #39 |
Kuwait: |
85.75 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #40 |
Azerbaijan: |
85.41 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #41 |
Israel: |
85.35 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #42 |
Seychelles: |
85.34 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #43 |
Dominica: |
84.97 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #44 |
Lebanon: |
84.77 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #45 |
Poland: |
84.75 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #46 |
United Arab Emirates: |
84.42 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #47 |
Czech Republic: |
84.03 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #48 |
Ireland: |
83.38 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #49 |
New Zealand: |
83 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #50 |
Germany: |
82.92 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #51 |
Cyprus: |
82.77 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #52 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
82.18 % female
|
2001 ... |
|
| #53 |
Portugal: |
81.79 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #54 |
United Kingdom: |
81.46 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #55 |
Venezuela: |
81.39 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #56 |
France: |
81.2 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #57 |
Burma: |
80.85 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #58 |
Sweden: |
80.78 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #59 |
Aruba: |
80.78 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #60 |
Monaco: |
80.15 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #61 |
Palau: |
79.03 % female
|
2000 ... |
|
| #62 |
Costa Rica: |
78.99 % female
|
2005 ... |
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| #63 |
Sri Lanka: |
78.89 % female
|
2004 ... |
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| #64 |
Uzbekistan: |
78.73 % female
|
1991 ... |
|
| #65 |
Antigua and Barbuda: |
78.71 % female
|
2000 ... |
|
| #66 |
Botswana: |
78.57 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #67 |
Nicaragua: |
78.47 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #68 |
Iceland: |
78.42 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #69 |
Hong Kong: |
78.26 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #70 |
Lesotho: |
78.2 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #71 |
Belgium: |
78.09 % female
|
2004 ... |
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| #72 |
Chile: |
78.09 % female
|
2004 ... |
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| #73 |
Vietnam: |
78.03 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #74 |
Cuba: |
77.66 % female
|
2005 ... |
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| #75 |
Barbados: |
77.6 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #76 |
Colombia: |
76.5 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #77 |
Grenada: |
76.46 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #78 |
Panama: |
76.4 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #79 |
South Africa: |
76.08 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #80 |
Dominican Republic: |
75.98 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #81 |
Bahrain: |
75.79 % female
|
2002 ... |
|
| #82 |
Albania: |
75.71 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #83 |
Finland: |
75.5 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #84 |
Kiribati: |
75.23 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #85 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
74.85 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #86 |
Honduras: |
74.73 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #87 |
Liechtenstein: |
74.23 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #88 |
Andorra: |
74.16 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #89 |
Korea, South: |
73.98 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #90 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
73.06 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #91 |
Swaziland: |
72.82 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #92 |
Samoa: |
72.61 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #93 |
Norway: |
72.57 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #94 |
Paraguay: |
72.45 % female
|
2003 ... |
|
| #95 |
Iraq: |
72.16 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #96 |
Australia: |
71.5 % female
|
1991 ... |
|
| #97 |
Belize: |
71.5 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #98 |
Brunei: |
71.17 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #99 |
Luxembourg: |
70.62 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #100 |
Ecuador: |
69.68 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #101 |
El Salvador: |
69.58 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #102 |
Macedonia, Republic of: |
69.18 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #103 |
Syria: |
69.02 % female
|
2002 ... |
|
| #104 |
Spain: |
69 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #105 |
Canada: |
68.07 % female
|
2001 ... |
|
| #106 |
Malaysia: |
66.29 % female
|
2003 ... |
|
| #107 |
Maldives: |
66.24 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #108 |
Cape Verde: |
66.05 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #109 |
Mexico: |
66.04 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #110 |
Qatar: |
65.58 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #111 |
Sudan: |
65.38 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #112 |
Japan: |
65 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #113 |
Namibia: |
64.22 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #114 |
American Samoa: |
64.21 % female
|
1991 ... |
|
| #115 |
Denmark: |
64 % female
|
2001 ... |
|
| #116 |
Jordan: |
63.98 % female
|
2003 ... |
|
| #117 |
Peru: |
63.34 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #118 |
Tonga: |
63.19 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #119 |
Tajikistan: |
62.87 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #120 |
Mauritius: |
62.68 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #121 |
Greece: |
62.24 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #122 |
Bolivia: |
61.41 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #123 |
Iran: |
61.23 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #124 |
Madagascar: |
60.17 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #125 |
Thailand: |
58.36 % female
|
2003 ... |
|
| #126 |
Oman: |
57.97 % female
|
2001 ... |
|
| #127 |
Fiji: |
56.91 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #128 |
Burundi: |
55.45 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #129 |
São Tomé and Príncipe: |
55.35 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #130 |
Egypt: |
55.04 % female
|
2004 ... |
|
| #131 |
Vanuatu: |
53.76 % female
|
2005 ... |
|
| #132 |
Netherlands: |
52.98 % female
|
1991 ... |
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