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Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
Education Statistics > Secondary education, teachers > % female (most recent) by country
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Countries
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Amount
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Date
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# 1
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Kazakhstan: |
84.87 % female
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2005  |
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# 2
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Latvia: |
82.22 % female
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2004  |
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# 3
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Burma: |
82.21 % female
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2005  |
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= 4
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Estonia: |
81.89 % female
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2001  |
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= 4
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Georgia: |
81.89 % female
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2003  |
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# 6
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Brazil: |
81.81 % female
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2003  |
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# 7
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Armenia: |
81.29 % female
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2005  |
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# 8
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Lithuania: |
80.58 % female
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2004  |
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# 9
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Belarus: |
80.2 % female
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2005  |
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# 10
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Ukraine: |
78.85 % female
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2005  |
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# 11
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Bulgaria: |
77.19 % female
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2004  |
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# 12
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Slovakia: |
76.55 % female
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2004  |
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# 13
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Philippines: |
75.71 % female
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2004  |
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# 14
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Russia: |
75.44 % female
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1991  |
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# 15
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Moldova: |
75.32 % female
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2005  |
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# 16
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Bahamas, The: |
72.56 % female
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2005  |
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# 17
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Kyrgyzstan: |
72.5 % female
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2005  |
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# 18
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Mongolia: |
72.17 % female
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2005  |
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# 19
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Uruguay: |
72.16 % female
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1999  |
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# 20
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Hungary: |
71.15 % female
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2004  |
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# 21
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Israel: |
70.86 % female
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2004  |
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# 22
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Slovenia: |
70.62 % female
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2004  |
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# 23
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Antigua and Barbuda: |
70.56 % female
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2000  |
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# 24
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Poland: |
69.63 % female
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2004  |
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# 25
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Portugal: |
69.06 % female
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2004  |
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# 26
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Czech Republic: |
68.46 % female
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2004  |
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# 27
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Canada: |
68.22 % female
|
2001  |
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# 28
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Croatia: |
66.98 % female
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2003  |
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# 29
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Jamaica: |
66.94 % female
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2004  |
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# 30
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Bermuda: |
66.86 % female
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2005  |
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# 31
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Italy: |
66.34 % female
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2004  |
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# 32
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Romania: |
66.19 % female
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2004  |
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# 33
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Argentina: |
65.97 % female
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2003  |
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# 34
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Monaco: |
65.54 % female
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2004  |
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# 35
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Azerbaijan: |
65.02 % female
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2005  |
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# 36
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Vietnam: |
63.83 % female
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2005  |
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# 37
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Belize: |
63.69 % female
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2005  |
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# 38
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Guyana: |
63.5 % female
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2004  |
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# 39
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Saint Lucia: |
63.39 % female
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2005  |
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# 40
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Sri Lanka: |
63.16 % female
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2004  |
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# 41
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Venezuela: |
63.05 % female
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2005  |
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# 42
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Malaysia: |
63.04 % female
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2003  |
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# 43
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Chile: |
62.79 % female
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2004  |
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# 44
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Iceland: |
62.71 % female
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2004  |
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# 45
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United States: |
62.59 % female
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2004  |
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# 46
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Suriname: |
62.26 % female
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2005  |
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# 47
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Paraguay: |
62.15 % female
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2003  |
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# 48
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Trinidad and Tobago: |
62.12 % female
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2005  |
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# 49
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Dominican Republic: |
61.85 % female
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2005  |
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# 50
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Serbia and Montenegro: |
61.23 % female
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2001  |
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# 51
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Austria: |
60.83 % female
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2004  |
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# 52
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Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
60.2 % female
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2005  |
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# 53
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United Kingdom: |
60.18 % female
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2004  |
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# 54
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New Zealand: |
59.8 % female
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2004  |
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# 55
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Cyprus: |
59.59 % female
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2004  |
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# 56
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Samoa: |
59.51 % female
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2004  |
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# 57
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Andorra: |
59.34 % female
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2005  |
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# 58
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Grenada: |
59.14 % female
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2005  |
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# 59
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Palau: |
58.73 % female
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2000  |
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# 60
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France: |
58.57 % female
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2004  |
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# 61
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Dominica: |
58.47 % female
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2005  |
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# 62
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Iraq: |
58.28 % female
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2005  |
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# 63
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Brunei: |
58.09 % female
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2005  |
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# 64
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Macau: |
57.92 % female
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2005  |
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# 65
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Norway: |
57.88 % female
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2004  |
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# 66
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
57.77 % female
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2005  |
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# 67
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Jordan: |
57.6 % female
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2003  |
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# 68
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Belgium: |
57.42 % female
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2004  |
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# 69
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Panama: |
57.41 % female
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2005  |
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# 70
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Sweden: |
57.07 % female
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2004  |
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# 71
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Barbados: |
56.9 % female
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2005  |
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# 72
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Nicaragua: |
56.76 % female
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2005  |
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# 73
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Virgin Islands: |
56.74 % female
|
1991  |
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# 74
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Albania: |
56.04 % female
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2004  |
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# 75
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Hong Kong: |
55.94 % female
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2005  |
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# 76
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Qatar: |
55.73 % female
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2005  |
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# 77
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Greece: |
55.69 % female
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2004  |
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# 78
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Lesotho: |
55.61 % female
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2005  |
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# 79
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Germany: |
55.6 % female
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2004  |
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# 80
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Namibia: |
55.47 % female
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2005  |
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# 81
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Cuba: |
55.45 % female
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2005  |
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# 82
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Mauritius: |
55.32 % female
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2005  |
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# 83
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Spain: |
55.14 % female
|
2004  |
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# 84
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Netherlands Antilles: |
54.7 % female
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2003  |
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# 85
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Honduras: |
54.68 % female
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2004  |
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# 86
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United Arab Emirates: |
54.64 % female
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2005  |
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# 87
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Thailand: |
54.34 % female
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2003  |
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# 88
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Bahrain: |
54.33 % female
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2002  |
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# 89
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Costa Rica: |
54.21 % female
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2003  |
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# 90
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Singapore: |
54.17 % female
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1991  |
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# 91
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Malta: |
53.34 % female
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2004  |
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# 92
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Seychelles: |
53.08 % female
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2003  |
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# 93
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Kuwait: |
52.93 % female
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2005  |
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# 94
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Bolivia: |
52.83 % female
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2004  |
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# 95
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Cayman Islands: |
52.36 % female
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2005  |
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# 96
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Macedonia, Republic of: |
52.05 % female
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2004  |
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# 97
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Tonga: |
51.88 % female
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2002  |
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# 98
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South Africa: |
51.82 % female
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2004  |
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# 99
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Aruba: |
51.79 % female
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2005  |
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# 100
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Colombia: |
51.58 % female
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2005  |
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# 101
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Lebanon: |
51.4 % female
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2005  |
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# 102
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Syria: |
51.31 % female
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2002  |
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# 103
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Sudan: |
51.18 % female
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2005  |
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# 104
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Ireland: |
50.95 % female
|
1991  |
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# 105
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Pakistan: |
50.87 % female
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2004  |
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# 106
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Australia: |
50 % female
|
1991  |
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# 107
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Korea, South: |
49.94 % female
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2005  |
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# 108
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Fiji: |
49.65 % female
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2004  |
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# 109
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Oman: |
49.45 % female
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2001  |
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# 110
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El Salvador: |
49.42 % female
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2005  |
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# 111
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Algeria: |
49.31 % female
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2004  |
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# 112
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Ecuador: |
49.3 % female
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2005  |
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# 113
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Swaziland: |
48.99 % female
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2004  |
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# 114
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Iran: |
48.31 % female
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2003  |
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# 115
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Denmark: |
48.06 % female
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2001  |
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# 116
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Uzbekistan: |
47.69 % female
|
1991  |
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# 117
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Kiribati: |
47.37 % female
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2005  |
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# 118
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Botswana: |
47.16 % female
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2004  |
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# 119
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Afghanistan: |
47.11 % female
|
1991  |
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# 120
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Liechtenstein: |
46.98 % female
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2004  |
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# 121
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Mexico: |
46.04 % female
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2004  |
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# 122
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Tajikistan: |
45.19 % female
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2005  |
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# 123
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Tunisia: |
44.29 % female
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2004  |
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# 124
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Netherlands: |
44.28 % female
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2004  |
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# 125
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Madagascar: |
44.25 % female
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1999  |
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# 126
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Luxembourg: |
43.7 % female
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2004  |
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# 127
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China: |
43.25 % female
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2004  |
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# 128
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Peru: |
42.72 % female
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2004  |
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# 129
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Laos: |
42.14 % female
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2005  |
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# 130
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Egypt: |
41.29 % female
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2004  |
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# 131
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Saudi Arabia: |
40.93 % female
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1991  |
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# 132
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Cape Verde: |
40.07 % female
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2005  |
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# 133
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Indonesia: |
39.86 % female
|
2004  |
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# 134
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Zimbabwe: |
39.81 % female
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2003  |
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# 135
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American Samoa: |
39.13 % female
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1991  |
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# 136
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Turkey: |
38.7 % female
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1991  |
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# 137
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Marshall Islands: |
38.5 % female
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2003  |
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# 138
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Kenya: |
38.41 % female
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2005  |
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# 139
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Papua New Guinea: |
36.54 % female
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2003  |
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# 140
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Cameroon: |
35.89 % female
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2004  |
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# 141
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Nigeria: |
35.67 % female
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2005  |
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# 142
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Vanuatu: |
35.56 % female
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2002  |
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# 143
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Maldives: |
34.67 % female
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2003  |
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# 144
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India: |
33.92 % female
|
2004  |
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# 145
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Morocco: |
33.29 % female
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2004  |
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# 146
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Solomon Islands: |
32.69 % female
|
2000  |
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# 147
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Angola: |
32.52 % female
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1999  |
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# 148
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Côte d'Ivoire: |
31.93 % female
|
1991  |
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# 149
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Cambodia: |
31.25 % female
|
2004  |
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# 150
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Japan: |
31.11 % female
|
2003  |
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# 151
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Bhutan: |
31.02 % female
|
2005  |
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# 152
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Zambia: |
26.92 % female
|
2002  |
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# 153
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Sierra Leone: |
26.87 % female
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2005  |
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# 154
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Liberia: |
26.23 % female
|
2000  |
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# 155
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Malawi: |
23.63 % female
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2002  |
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# 156
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Tanzania: |
22.78 % female
|
1991  |
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# 157
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Djibouti: |
22.55 % female
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2002  |
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# 158
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Uganda: |
21.94 % female
|
2005  |
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# 159
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Yemen: |
20.8 % female
|
2004  |
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# 160
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Burundi: |
20.73 % female
|
2004  |
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# 161
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East Timor: |
20.31 % female
|
2005  |
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# 162
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Rwanda: |
19.87 % female
|
2005  |
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# 163
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Niger: |
18.61 % female
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2004  |
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# 164
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Ghana: |
18.4 % female
|
2005  |
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# 165
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Mozambique: |
17.77 % female
|
2005  |
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# 166
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Bangladesh: |
17.23 % female
|
2005  |
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# 167
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Ethiopia: |
16.6 % female
|
2005  |
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# 168
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Gabon: |
16.28 % female
|
1999  |
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# 169
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Senegal: |
14.34 % female
|
2005  |
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# 170
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Gambia, The: |
14.25 % female
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2004  |
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# 171
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Mali: |
13.78 % female
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2000  |
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# 172
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Nepal: |
13.54 % female
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2003  |
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# 173
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Congo, Republic of the: |
13.31 % female
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2004  |
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# 174
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Comoros: |
12.97 % female
|
2005  |
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# 175
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Mauritania: |
12.69 % female
|
2005  |
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# 176
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São Tomé and Príncipe: |
12.6 % female
|
2005  |
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# 177
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Eritrea: |
11.27 % female
|
2005  |
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# 178
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Burkina Faso: |
11.1 % female
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2004  |
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# 179
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Benin: |
11.08 % female
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2005  |
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# 180
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
8.93 % female
|
2003  |
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# 181
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Guinea-Bissau: |
6.73 % female
|
2000  |
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# 182
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Togo: |
6.71 % female
|
2005  |
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# 183
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Chad: |
5.23 % female
|
2003  |
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# 184
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Guinea: |
4.69 % female
|
2005  |
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# 185
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Equatorial Guinea: |
4.36 % female
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2000  |
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Weighted average: |
48.8 % female
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DEFINITION: Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
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