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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   Belgium: 78.09 % female   2004 Time series
= 71   Chile: 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   Belize: 71.5 % female   2005 Time series
= 96   Australia: 71.5 % female   1991 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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