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Education Statistics > Primary education, teachers > % female (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Belarus: 99.29 % female   2005 Time series
# 2     Armenia: 99.17 % female   2005 Time series
# 3     Ukraine: 98.93 % female   2005 Time series
# 4     Russia: 98.5 % female   2004 Time series
# 5     Kazakhstan: 98.09 % female   2005 Time series
# 6     Lithuania: 97.7 % female   2004 Time series
# 7     Slovenia: 97.28 % female   2004 Time series
# 8     Latvia: 97.18 % female   2004 Time series
# 9     Moldova: 96.98 % female   2005 Time series
# 10     Hungary: 95.89 % female   2004 Time series
# 11     Kyrgyzstan: 95.65 % female   2005 Time series
# 12     Italy: 95.37 % female   2004 Time series
# 13     Georgia: 95.01 % female   2003 Time series
# 14     Mongolia: 94.4 % female   2005 Time series
# 15     Bulgaria: 92.56 % female   2004 Time series
# 16     Suriname: 92.02 % female   2005 Time series
# 17     Uruguay: 92 % female   1999 Time series
# 18     Slovakia: 91.69 % female   2004 Time series
# 19     San Marino: 90.99 % female   2000 Time series
# 20     Austria: 90.9 % female   2004 Time series
# 21     Croatia: 89.86 % female   2003 Time series
# 22     Brazil: 89.73 % female   2003 Time series
# 23     Philippines: 89.36 % female   2004 Time series
# 24     Jamaica: 89.28 % female   2004 Time series
# 25     Macau: 88.63 % female   2005 Time series
# 26     United States: 88.58 % female   2004 Time series
# 27     Cayman Islands: 88.54 % female   2005 Time series
# 28     Bermuda: 88.09 % female   2005 Time series
# 29     Bahamas, The: 88.08 % female   2005 Time series
# 30     Romania: 86.9 % female   2004 Time series
# 31     Malta: 86.76 % female   2004 Time series
# 32     Guyana: 86.48 % female   2004 Time series
# 33     Netherlands Antilles: 86.38 % female   2003 Time series
# 34     Argentina: 86.36 % female   2003 Time series
# 35     Virgin Islands: 86.14 % female   1991 Time series
# 36     Estonia: 85.99 % female   2001 Time series
# 37     Saint Lucia: 85.93 % female   2005 Time series
# 38     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 85.83 % female   2005 Time series
# 39     Kuwait: 85.75 % female   2005 Time series
# 40     Azerbaijan: 85.41 % female   2005 Time series
# 41     Israel: 85.35 % female   2004 Time series
# 42     Seychelles: 85.34 % female   2004 Time series
# 43     Dominica: 84.97 % female   2005 Time series
# 44     Lebanon: 84.77 % female   2005 Time series
# 45     Poland: 84.75 % female   2004 Time series
# 46     United Arab Emirates: 84.42 % female   2005 Time series
# 47     Czech Republic: 84.03 % female   2004 Time series
# 48     Ireland: 83.38 % female   2004 Time series
# 49     New Zealand: 83 % female   2004 Time series
# 50     Germany: 82.92 % female   2004 Time series
# 51     Cyprus: 82.77 % female   2004 Time series
# 52     Serbia and Montenegro: 82.18 % female   2001 Time series
# 53     Portugal: 81.79 % female   2004 Time series
# 54     United Kingdom: 81.46 % female   2004 Time series
# 55     Venezuela: 81.39 % female   2005 Time series
# 56     France: 81.2 % female   2004 Time series
# 57     Burma: 80.85 % female   2005 Time series
= 58     Sweden: 80.78 % female   2004 Time series
= 58     Aruba: 80.78 % female   2005 Time series
# 60     Monaco: 80.15 % female   2004 Time series
# 61     Palau: 79.03 % female   2000 Time series
# 62     Costa Rica: 78.99 % female   2005 Time series
# 63     Sri Lanka: 78.89 % female   2004 Time series
# 64     Uzbekistan: 78.73 % female   1991 Time series
# 65     Antigua and Barbuda: 78.71 % female   2000 Time series
# 66     Botswana: 78.57 % female   2005 Time series
# 67     Nicaragua: 78.47 % female   2005 Time series
# 68     Iceland: 78.42 % female   2004 Time series
# 69     Hong Kong: 78.26 % female   2005 Time series
# 70     Lesotho: 78.2 % female   2005 Time series
= 71     Chile: 78.09 % female   2004 Time series
= 71     Belgium: 78.09 % female   2004 Time series
# 73     Vietnam: 78.03 % female   2005 Time series
# 74     Cuba: 77.66 % female   2005 Time series
# 75     Barbados: 77.6 % female   2005 Time series
# 76     Colombia: 76.5 % female   2005 Time series
# 77     Grenada: 76.46 % female   2005 Time series
# 78     Panama: 76.4 % female   2005 Time series
# 79     South Africa: 76.08 % female   2004 Time series
# 80     Dominican Republic: 75.98 % female   2005 Time series
# 81     Bahrain: 75.79 % female   2002 Time series
# 82     Albania: 75.71 % female   2004 Time series
# 83     Finland: 75.5 % female   2004 Time series
# 84     Kiribati: 75.23 % female   2005 Time series
# 85     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 74.85 % female   2005 Time series
# 86     Honduras: 74.73 % female   2004 Time series
# 87     Liechtenstein: 74.23 % female   2004 Time series
# 88     Andorra: 74.16 % female   2005 Time series
# 89     Korea, South: 73.98 % female   2005 Time series
# 90     Trinidad and Tobago: 73.06 % female   2005 Time series
# 91     Swaziland: 72.82 % female   2004 Time series
# 92     Samoa: 72.61 % female   2004 Time series
# 93     Norway: 72.57 % female   2004 Time series
# 94     Paraguay: 72.45 % female   2003 Time series
# 95     Iraq: 72.16 % female   2005 Time series
= 96     Australia: 71.5 % female   1991 Time series
= 96     Belize: 71.5 % female   2005 Time series
# 98     Brunei: 71.17 % female   2005 Time series
# 99     Luxembourg: 70.62 % female   2004 Time series
# 100     Ecuador: 69.68 % female   2005 Time series
# 101     El Salvador: 69.58 % female   2005 Time series
# 102     Macedonia, Republic of: 69.18 % female   2004 Time series
# 103     Syria: 69.02 % female   2002 Time series
# 104     Spain: 69 % female   2004 Time series
# 105     Canada: 68.07 % female   2001 Time series
# 106     Malaysia: 66.29 % female   2003 Time series
# 107     Maldives: 66.24 % female   2005 Time series
# 108     Cape Verde: 66.05 % female   2005 Time series
# 109     Mexico: 66.04 % female   2004 Time series
# 110     Qatar: 65.58 % female   2005 Time series
# 111     Sudan: 65.38 % female   2005 Time series
# 112     Japan: 65 % female   2004 Time series
# 113     Namibia: 64.22 % female   2005 Time series
# 114     American Samoa: 64.21 % female   1991 Time series
# 115     Denmark: 64 % female   2001 Time series
# 116     Jordan: 63.98 % female   2003 Time series
# 117     Peru: 63.34 % female   2004 Time series
# 118     Tonga: 63.19 % female   2005 Time series
# 119     Tajikistan: 62.87 % female   2005 Time series
# 120     Mauritius: 62.68 % female   2005 Time series
# 121     Greece: 62.24 % female   2004 Time series
# 122     Bolivia: 61.41 % female   2004 Time series
# 123     Iran: 61.23 % female   2005 Time series
# 124     Madagascar: 60.17 % female   2005 Time series
# 125     Thailand: 58.36 % female   2003 Time series
# 126     Oman: 57.97 % female   2001 Time series
# 127     Fiji: 56.91 % female   2005 Time series
# 128     Burundi: 55.45 % female   2005 Time series
# 129     São Tomé and Príncipe: 55.35 % female   2005 Time series
# 130     Egypt: 55.04 % female   2004 Time series
# 131     Vanuatu: 53.76 % female   2005 Time series
# 132     Netherlands: 52.98 % female   1991 Time series
# 133     China: 52.91 % female   2004 Time series
# 134     Indonesia: 52.3 % female   2004 Time series
# 135     Tunisia: 51.22 % female   2004 Time series
# 136     Rwanda: 51.2 % female   2005 Time series
# 137     Nigeria: 50.82 % female   2005 Time series
# 138     Zimbabwe: 50.63 % female   2003 Time series
# 139     Algeria: 50.49 % female   2005 Time series
# 140     Zambia: 47.98 % female   2005 Time series
# 141     Tanzania: 47.93 % female   2005 Time series
# 142     Saudi Arabia: 47.54 % female   1991 Time series
# 143     Morocco: 46.14 % female   2005 Time series
# 144     Pakistan: 45.88 % female   2005 Time series
# 145     Laos: 45.44 % female   2005 Time series
# 146     Kenya: 44.76 % female   2005 Time series
# 147     Haiti: 44.67 % female   1991 Time series
# 148     Gabon: 44.65 % female   2004 Time series
# 149     Ethiopia: 44.62 % female   2005 Time series
# 150     Congo, Republic of the: 44.54 % female   2005 Time series
# 151     India: 44 % female   2004 Time series
# 152     Turkey: 43.3 % female   1991 Time series
# 153     Cambodia: 41.39 % female   2005 Time series
# 154     Solomon Islands: 40.58 % female   1999 Time series
# 155     Cameroon: 40 % female   2005 Time series
# 156     Eritrea: 39.86 % female   2005 Time series
# 157     Papua New Guinea: 39 % female   2003 Time series
# 158     Uganda: 38.59 % female   2005 Time series
# 159     Bhutan: 38.18 % female   2005 Time series
# 160     Niger: 37.44 % female   2005 Time series
# 161     Malawi: 37.28 % female   2005 Time series
# 162     Gambia, The: 34.54 % female   2004 Time series
# 163     Afghanistan: 34.46 % female   2005 Time series
# 164     Bangladesh: 34.24 % female   2004 Time series
# 165     Marshall Islands: 34.22 % female   2003 Time series
# 166     Comoros: 32.85 % female   2005 Time series
# 167     Sierra Leone: 31.91 % female   2005 Time series
# 168     Ghana: 31.08 % female   2005 Time series
# 169     Mauritania: 30.86 % female   2005 Time series
# 170     Equatorial Guinea: 30.26 % female   2003 Time series
# 171     Nepal: 30.1 % female   2005 Time series
# 172     Mozambique: 29.91 % female   2005 Time series
# 173     East Timor: 29.23 % female   2005 Time series
# 174     Burkina Faso: 29.06 % female   2005 Time series
# 175     Liberia: 28 % female   2000 Time series
# 176     Djibouti: 27.22 % female   2005 Time series
# 177     Mali: 26.42 % female   2005 Time series
# 178     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 25.86 % female   2003 Time series
# 179     Senegal: 25.15 % female   2005 Time series
# 180     Central African Republic: 24.88 % female   1991 Time series
# 181     Angola: 24.47 % female   1998 Time series
# 182     Guinea: 24.31 % female   2005 Time series
# 183     Côte d'Ivoire: 23.99 % female   2003 Time series
# 184     Yemen: 21.02 % female   2004 Time series
# 185     Guinea-Bissau: 20.24 % female   2001 Time series
# 186     Benin: 17.72 % female   2005 Time series
# 187     Togo: 11.57 % female   2005 Time series
# 188     Chad: 11.5 % female   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 65.8 % female  


DEFINITION: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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"Primary education, teachers > % female by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_pri_edu_tea_fem-education-primary-teachers-female

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