Education > Secondary education, teachers, female: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Secondary education, teachers, female. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Female is the total number of female teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	China	3.15 million	2011
2	European Union	2.3 million	2011
3	India	1.8 million	2011
4	United States	1.02 million	2011
5	Russia	922,895	2009
6	Indonesia	758,348	2011
7	Germany	349,459	2011
8	Mexico	329,817	2011
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	327,851.67	1996
9	Italy	303,771	2007
10	Ukraine	296,876	2000
11	France	275,822	2011
12	Egypt	244,444	2009
13	United Kingdom	233,627	2008
14	Japan	229,645	1995
15	Argentina	221,331	2008
16	Poland	212,960	2011
17	Uzbekistan	204,439	2011
18	Brazil	164,457	1970
19	Kazakhstan	161,668	2012
20	Spain	160,719	2011
21	Vietnam	151,354	1998
22	Philippines	148,459	2009
23	Saudi Arabia	137,009	2009
24	South Korea	135,274	2011
25	Malaysia	128,262	2010
26	Thailand	126,447	2011
27	Nigeria	124,830	2010
28	Iran	123,926	1997
29	South Africa	102,496	2009
30	Pakistan	100,258	2004
31	Colombia	99,458	2012
32	Romania	93,939	2011
	Eurozone average (profile)	92,666.47	2005
33	Turkey	90,388	1997
34	Canada	89,558	1996
35	Bangladesh	81,190	2011
36	Iraq	81,142	2007
	European Union average (profile)	80,461.61	2008
37	Ecuador	72,231	2012
38	Burma	71,258	2010
39	Peru	70,429	2011
40	Algeria	68,677	1997
41	Portugal	67,846	2010
42	Sri Lanka	64,229	1995
43	Belgium	63,677	2002
44	Hungary	62,637	2011
45	Netherlands	55,736	2011
46	Cuba	53,031	2012
47	Australia	52,710	1992
48	Greece	49,777	2007
49	Austria	47,300	2011
50	Czech Republic	46,591	2011
51	Sudan	45,374	2009
52	Belarus	44,863	1980
53	Kenya	44,159	2009
54	Chile	44,073	2011
55	Sweden	43,121	2011
56	Tunisia	42,991	2011
57	Israel	40,550.17	2011
58	Serbia	39,697	2012
59	Georgia	38,642	2009
60	Guatemala	37,543	2011
61	Kyrgyzstan	36,346	2010
62	Slovakia	33,804	2011
63	Bulgaria	33,696	2011
64	Syria	33,463	2002
65	Morocco	33,408	2004
66	Croatia	33,183	2011
67	Tajikistan	31,147	2011
68	Lithuania	30,865	2011
69	Yemen	29,894	2011
70	Ethiopia	29,644	2012
71	Democratic Republic of the Congo	28,898	2012
72	Finland	28,789	2011
73	Ghana	27,807	2011
74	Paraguay	27,621	2004
75	Lebanon	24,374	2011
76	Bolivia	23,724	2004
77	Tanzania	22,622	2012
78	Norway	22,591	1995
79	Switzerland	22,500	1998
80	Madagascar	22,127	2012
81	Moldova	22,061	2012
82	Nepal	22,000	2012
83	New Zealand	21,832	2011
84	Dominican Republic	21,115	2011
85	Denmark	21,107	2001
86	Puerto Rico	20,518	2010
87	Jordan	19,752	2003
88	Cameroon	18,422	2011
89	Kuwait	16,900	2009
90	Costa Rica	16,785	2011
91	Uganda	15,890	2008
92	Venezuela	15,762	1975
93	United Arab Emirates	15,295	2012
94	Albania	14,905	2012
95	Ireland	14,895	1997
96	Panama	14,614	2012
97	Armenia	14,442	1994
98	Mongolia	13,919	2010
99	Uruguay	13,701	1999
100	Zimbabwe	13,522	2003
101	Latvia	13,473	2011
102	El Salvador	12,973	2011
103	Hong Kong	11,852	1996
104	Laos	11,833	2011
105	Slovenia	10,935	2011
106	Singapore	10,251	2009
107	Cambodia	9,594	2007
108	Republic of Macedonia	9,325	2010
109	Honduras	9,114	2004
110	Afghanistan	9,053	2007
111	Jamaica	8,932	2007
112	Libya	8,483	1983
113	Nicaragua	8,372	2010
114	Oman	8,309	2003
115	Estonia	7,955	2011
116	Angola	6,549	2001
117	Botswana	6,419	2007
118	Rwanda	6,399	2012
119	Senegal	5,445	2011
120	Bahrain	5,160	2012
121	Mauritius	5,129	2012
122	Malawi	5,097	2012
123	Qatar	4,343	2012
124	Burkina Faso	4,242	2012
125	Mozambique	4,196	2012
126	Cyprus	4,145	2011
127	Mali	3,498	2011
128	Brunei	3,416	2012
129	Suriname	3,110	2011
130	Lesotho	2,954	2012
131	Burundi	2,945	2012
132	Namibia	2,936	2005
133	Guyana	2,874	2011
134	Malta	2,805	2011
135	Swaziland	2,627	2011
136	Luxembourg	2,582	2010
137	The Bahamas	2,168	2010
138	Fiji	1,913	2011
139	Niger	1,910	2011
140	Benin	1,772	2004
141	Republic of the Congo	1,690	2012
142	Sierra Leone	1,598	2001
143	Cape Verde	1,546	2012
144	Macau	1,460	2012
145	Zambia	1,417	1988
146	Liberia	1,346	2000
147	Belize	1,315	2012
148	East Timor	1,307	2011
149	Bhutan	1,304	2012
150	Cote d'Ivoire	1,213	1974
151	Guinea	1,198	2012
152	Eritrea	1,152	2012
153	Papua New Guinea	1,099	1992
154	Trinidad and Tobago	997	1972
155	Chad	982	2012
156	Barbados	841	2006
157	New Caledonia	805	1997
158	Togo	778	2007
159	French Polynesia	730	1993
160	Maldives	724	2003
161	Saint Lucia	723	2012
162	Samoa	706	2010
163	Iceland	699	1976
164	Somalia	609	2007
165	Tonga	556	2011
166	Andorra	511	2012
167	Djibouti	502	2012
=168	Antigua and Barbuda	501	2011
=168	Gabon	501	1999
170	Solomon Islands	490	2012
171	Grenada	464	2010
=172	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	448	2012
=172	Bermuda	448	2011
174	Guam	430	1980
175	San Marino	408	2012
176	Comoros	403	2004
177	Mauritania	399	2007
178	Dominica	386	2011
179	Monaco	355	2008
180	Seychelles	352	2011
181	Kiribati	317	2008
182	Aruba	315	2010
183	Vanuatu	314	2002
184	Saint Kitts and Nevis	280	2012
185	The Gambia	259	1996
186	Central African Republic	204	2012
187	Cayman Islands	176	2011
188	Liechtenstein	164	2011
189	Marshall Islands	149	2003
190	Sao Tome and Principe	120	2011
191	Turks and Caicos Islands	115	2005
192	Guinea-Bissau	106	2000
193	American Samoa	103	1992
194	Palau	74	2000
195	Equatorial Guinea	39	2000

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