Share of Female Teachers in Primary Education
This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.
- Hungary increased 0.3points of Share of Female Teachers in Primary Education in 2019, compared to a year earlier.
- Since 2014 Hungary Share of Female Teachers in Primary Education rose 0.2points year on year at 97.76 Percent of Primary Education Teachers.
- In 2019 Slovenia was ranked number 6 in Share of Female Teachers in Primary Education.
- In 2018 Armenia was number 1 in Share of Female Teachers in Primary Education attaining 100 Percent of Primary Education Teachers, jumping from 150 in 2017.
Top Countries in Share of Female Teachers in Primary Education
| # | 168 Countries | Percent of Primary Education Teachers | Last | YoY | 5‑years CAGR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
#1
Armenia
|
100.00 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Belarus
|
99.51 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Kyrgyzstan
|
98.49 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Moldova
|
98.25 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Hungary
|
97.76 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Slovenia
|
97.46 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Lithuania
|
96.87 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 8 |
#8
Ukraine
|
96.45 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 9 |
#9
Russia
|
96.13 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 10 |
#10
Italy
|
95.65 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Mongolia
|
95.41 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 12 |
#12
Suriname
|
95.13 % | 2018 | -0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 13 |
#13
Kazakhstan
|
94.60 % | 2019 | -3.7 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Bulgaria
|
94.35 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Croatia
|
94.17 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 16 |
#16
Bahamas
|
93.24 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.7 % | View data |
| 17 |
#17
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
93.02 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.7 % | View data |
| 18 |
#18
Azerbaijan
|
92.87 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 19 |
#19
United Arab Emirates
|
92.29 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Latvia
|
92.17 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Uzbekistan
|
91.96 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Antigua and Barbuda
|
91.92 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 23 |
#23
Austria
|
91.87 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 24 |
#24
San Marino
|
91.84 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 25 |
#25
British Virgin Islands
|
90.94 % | 2017 | -0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Georgia
|
90.74 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Estonia
|
90.47 % | 2017 | -0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Romania
|
90.35 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Slovakia
|
90.09 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Kuwait
|
90.05 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
89.90 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Cayman Islands
|
89.74 % | 2018 | NA | +0.3 % | View data |
| 33 |
#33
Jamaica
|
89.52 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Seychelles
|
89.11 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Brazil
|
88.48 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Puerto Rico
|
88.42 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Lebanon
|
88.40 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Bermuda
|
87.82 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Germany
|
87.76 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 40 |
#40
Sri Lanka
|
87.70 % | 2018 | +0.4 % | NA | View data |
| 41 |
#41
Philippines
|
87.54 % | 2017 | -0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Dominica
|
87.44 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Netherlands
|
87.23 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 44 |
#44
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
87.15 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 45 |
#45
United States
|
87.07 % | 2017 | NA | -0.0 % | View data |
| 46 |
#46
Saint Lucia
|
86.91 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Serbia
|
86.48 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Malta
|
85.66 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 49 |
#49
Poland
|
85.56 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Israel
|
85.44 % | 2016 | +0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 51 |
#51
United Kingdom
|
85.24 % | 2017 | +0.7 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Albania
|
85.17 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
Macedonia
|
84.89 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
|
84.39 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 55 |
#55
Cyprus
|
84.35 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 56 |
#56
New Zealand
|
84.18 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Gibraltar
|
83.00 % | 2017 | +2.0 % | NA | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Switzerland
|
82.91 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Belgium
|
82.54 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 60 |
#60
North Korea
|
82.23 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 61 |
#61
Iceland
|
82.23 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Monaco
|
81.76 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | NA | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Chile
|
81.63 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 64 |
#64
Algeria
|
81.60 % | 2019 | +1.3 % | +4.6 % | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Dominican Republic
|
81.57 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Kiribati
|
81.55 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Andorra
|
81.52 % | 2019 | +2.1 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Grenada
|
81.31 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | +0.7 % | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Cuba
|
80.91 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Portugal
|
80.84 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 71 |
#71
Myanmar
|
80.63 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Singapore
|
80.56 % | 2017 | +0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 73 |
#73
Finland
|
80.11 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 74 |
#74
South Africa
|
80.00 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Tuvalu
|
80.00 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 76 |
#76
Mauritius
|
79.79 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +1.4 % | View data |
| 77 |
#77
Qatar
|
79.69 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -1.5 % | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Costa Rica
|
78.92 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 79 |
#79
South Korea
|
78.77 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Liechtenstein
|
78.73 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 81 |
#81
Brunei
|
78.15 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Vietnam
|
78.13 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Tajikistan
|
77.85 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Jordan
|
77.84 % | 2019 | -1.5 % | -1.3 % | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Ecuador
|
77.79 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Nauru
|
77.78 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Spain
|
77.35 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Barbados
|
77.14 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Colombia
|
77.11 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Luxembourg
|
77.10 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.7 % | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Panama
|
76.87 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Sweden
|
75.88 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 93 |
#93
Belize
|
74.80 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 94 |
#94
Norway
|
74.61 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Palestine
|
74.56 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | +1.1 % | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Lesotho
|
74.45 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Botswana
|
74.30 % | 2015 | -0.4 % | NA | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Bahrain
|
74.24 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Honduras
|
74.21 % | 2017 | -0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 100 |
#100
El Salvador
|
73.66 % | 2018 | -0.7 % | NA | View data |
| 101 |
#101
Tonga
|
72.68 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Cape Verde
|
71.71 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +1.1 % | View data |
| 103 |
#103
Greece
|
71.67 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 104 |
#104
Maldives
|
71.59 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Thailand
|
71.47 % | 2018 | -0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Oman
|
70.93 % | 2018 | +1.4 % | NA | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Malaysia
|
69.96 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 108 |
#108
Denmark
|
69.14 % | 2014 | NA | NA | View data |
| 109 |
#109
Mexico
|
68.78 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Peru
|
68.38 % | 2019 | +1.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Indonesia
|
68.29 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | +1.9 % | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Swaziland
|
67.86 % | 2019 | -0.5 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 113 |
#113
China
|
67.73 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +2.1 % | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Iran
|
67.48 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 115 |
#115
Bolivia
|
64.96 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Tunisia
|
64.56 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +1.7 % | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Guatemala
|
64.55 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Turkey
|
61.67 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 119 |
#119
Egypt
|
61.38 % | 2018 | +1.4 % | NA | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Bangladesh
|
61.30 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 121 |
#121
Fiji
|
58.95 % | 2016 | NA | -0.6 % | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Cambodia
|
58.42 % | 2019 | +1.7 % | +2.7 % | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Morocco
|
58.20 % | 2019 | +1.8 % | +1.1 % | View data |
| 124 |
#124
Vanuatu
|
57.26 % | 2015 | NA | +1.2 % | View data |
| 125 |
#125
Sao Tome and Principe
|
55.75 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 126 |
#126
Pakistan
|
54.84 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +2.0 % | View data |
| 127 |
#127
Rwanda
|
54.62 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 128 |
#128
Cameroon
|
54.30 % | 2019 | +2.7 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 129 |
#129
Niger
|
53.83 % | 2019 | +2.2 % | +2.3 % | View data |
| 130 |
#130
Madagascar
|
53.77 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | -0.7 % | View data |
| 131 |
#131
Laos
|
52.78 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +0.7 % | View data |
| 132 |
#132
Saudi Arabia
|
52.74 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 133 |
#133
Zambia
|
51.92 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 134 |
#134
India
|
51.50 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 135 |
#135
Burundi
|
51.07 % | 2019 | +1.3 % | -0.5 % | View data |
| 136 |
#136
Tanzania
|
50.83 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 137 |
#137
Kenya
|
50.24 % | 2015 | +3.9 % | NA | View data |
| 138 |
#138
Papua New Guinea
|
49.42 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 139 |
#139
Burkina Faso
|
48.37 % | 2019 | +2.7 % | +3.0 % | View data |
| 140 |
#140
Angola
|
47.18 % | 2016 | -3.9 % | +5.1 % | View data |
| 141 |
#141
Mozambique
|
46.62 % | 2019 | +2.0 % | +2.1 % | View data |
| 142 |
#142
Nepal
|
44.60 % | 2019 | NA | +1.4 % | View data |
| 143 |
#143
Equatorial Guinea
|
44.39 % | 2015 | NA | +4.4 % | View data |
| 144 |
#144
Malawi
|
44.03 % | 2018 | NA | +2.0 % | View data |
| 145 |
#145
Solomon Islands
|
43.71 % | 2019 | -1.4 % | -1.6 % | View data |
| 146 |
#146
Uganda
|
43.70 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 147 |
#147
Ghana
|
42.95 % | 2019 | +3.2 % | +2.3 % | View data |
| 148 |
#148
East Timor
|
41.31 % | 2018 | -0.2 % | NA | View data |
| 149 |
#149
Bhutan
|
39.85 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | NA | View data |
| 150 |
#150
Eritrea
|
38.74 % | 2019 | -0.7 % | +1.1 % | View data |
| 151 |
#151
Afghanistan
|
36.25 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | NA | View data |
| 152 |
#152
Gambia
|
35.89 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +1.1 % | View data |
| 153 |
#153
Mauritania
|
34.61 % | 2019 | +3.5 % | -0.7 % | View data |
| 154 |
#154
Yemen
|
33.30 % | 2016 | NA | +4.0 % | View data |
| 155 |
#155
Senegal
|
32.98 % | 2019 | +1.8 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 156 |
#156
Mali
|
31.96 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +2.3 % | View data |
| 157 |
#157
Guinea
|
31.51 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 158 |
#158
Ivory Coast
|
30.56 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | +3.6 % | View data |
| 159 |
#159
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
29.81 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 160 |
#160
Comoros
|
29.49 % | 2018 | +45.2 % | -7.2 % | View data |
| 161 |
#161
Sierra Leone
|
29.34 % | 2019 | -1.0 % | NA | View data |
| 162 |
#162
Djibouti
|
28.34 % | 2019 | -1.2 % | +2.2 % | View data |
| 163 |
#163
Benin
|
26.17 % | 2019 | +1.4 % | +3.0 % | View data |
| 164 |
#164
Central African Republic
|
19.09 % | 2016 | NA | +1.7 % | View data |
| 165 |
#165
Liberia
|
18.46 % | 2017 | -10.3 % | NA | View data |
| 166 |
#166
Chad
|
17.96 % | 2016 | -0.5 % | +3.3 % | View data |
| 167 |
#167
Togo
|
16.78 % | 2019 | +1.4 % | +0.9 % | View data |
| 168 |
#168
South Sudan
|
14.83 % | 2015 | NA | +4.7 % | View data |
Source: World Bank