Share of Female Teachers in Primary Education
This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.
- Ukraine Share of Female Teachers in Primary Education jumped by 1.9points in 2019, compared to the previous year.
- Since 2014 Hungary Share of Female Teachers in Primary Education jumped by 0.2points year on year at 97.76 Percent of Primary Education Teachers.
- In 2019 Kyrgyzstan was number 2 in Share of Female Teachers in Primary Education.
- In 2018 Turks and Caicos Islands was ranked number 29 in Share of Female Teachers in Primary Education attaining 89.9 Percent of Primary Education Teachers, jumping from 142 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
Belarus
|
99.51 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 2 |
#2
Kyrgyzstan
|
98.62 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 3 |
#3
Ukraine
|
98.48 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | NA | View data |
| 4 |
#4
Russia
|
98.35 % | 2019 | -0.9 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 5 |
#5
Moldova
|
98.16 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 6 |
#6
Hungary
|
97.76 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 7 |
#7
Slovenia
|
97.46 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 8 |
#8
Lithuania
|
96.82 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 9 |
#9
Italy
|
95.54 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 10 |
#10
Mongolia
|
95.41 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 11 |
#11
Suriname
|
95.15 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 12 |
#12
Kazakhstan
|
94.60 % | 2019 | -3.7 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 13 |
#13
British Virgin Islands
|
94.05 % | 2019 | -0.7 % | +1.1 % | View data |
| 14 |
#14
Croatia
|
93.61 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 15 |
#15
Bulgaria
|
93.57 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | -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
|
92.65 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 19 |
#19
United Arab Emirates
|
92.29 % | 2019 | +0.7 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 20 |
#20
Latvia
|
92.16 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 21 |
#21
Antigua and Barbuda
|
91.92 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 22 |
#22
Austria
|
91.87 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 23 |
#23
San Marino
|
91.36 % | 2019 | -0.5 % | NA | View data |
| 24 |
#24
Uzbekistan
|
91.30 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 25 |
#25
Georgia
|
90.86 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 26 |
#26
Romania
|
90.48 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 27 |
#27
Estonia
|
90.43 % | 2018 | -0.1 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 28 |
#28
Slovakia
|
90.30 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 29 |
#29
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
89.90 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 30 |
#30
Cayman Islands
|
89.74 % | 2018 | NA | +0.3 % | View data |
| 31 |
#31
Kuwait
|
89.16 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 32 |
#32
Jamaica
|
88.92 % | 2019 | -1.0 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 33 |
#33
Lebanon
|
88.83 % | 2019 | NA | +0.4 % | View data |
| 34 |
#34
Armenia
|
88.80 % | 2019 | NA | NA | View data |
| 35 |
#35
Dominica
|
88.38 % | 2019 | NA | +0.3 % | View data |
| 36 |
#36
Brazil
|
88.38 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 37 |
#37
Bermuda
|
87.82 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 38 |
#38
Sri Lanka
|
87.70 % | 2018 | +0.4 % | NA | View data |
| 39 |
#39
Germany
|
87.61 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 40 |
#40
Puerto Rico
|
87.61 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 41 |
#41
Philippines
|
87.45 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 42 |
#42
Netherlands
|
87.45 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 43 |
#43
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
87.37 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.7 % | View data |
| 44 |
#44
United States
|
87.07 % | 2017 | NA | NA | View data |
| 45 |
#45
Serbia
|
86.30 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 46 |
#46
United Kingdom
|
86.24 % | 2018 | +1.2 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 47 |
#47
Israel
|
85.71 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 48 |
#48
Malta
|
85.66 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 49 |
#49
Albania
|
85.33 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 50 |
#50
Saint Lucia
|
85.29 % | 2019 | -1.9 % | -0.7 % | View data |
| 51 |
#51
Seychelles
|
85.06 % | 2019 | -4.3 % | -0.6 % | View data |
| 52 |
#52
Macedonia
|
85.00 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 53 |
#53
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
|
84.39 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 54 |
#54
Cyprus
|
84.30 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 55 |
#55
New Zealand
|
84.28 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 56 |
#56
Gibraltar
|
83.90 % | 2019 | NA | NA | View data |
| 57 |
#57
Poland
|
83.65 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | -0.4 % | View data |
| 58 |
#58
Switzerland
|
83.25 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 59 |
#59
Belgium
|
82.65 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 60 |
#60
Iceland
|
82.56 % | 2018 | NA | +0.2 % | View data |
| 61 |
#61
North Korea
|
82.23 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 62 |
#62
Algeria
|
81.73 % | 2019 | +1.5 % | +4.7 % | View data |
| 63 |
#63
Kiribati
|
81.55 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 64 |
#64
Dominican Republic
|
81.34 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.6 % | View data |
| 65 |
#65
Grenada
|
81.31 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | +0.7 % | View data |
| 66 |
#66
Chile
|
81.17 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 67 |
#67
Portugal
|
80.87 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 68 |
#68
Myanmar
|
80.63 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 69 |
#69
Cuba
|
80.58 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.2 % | View data |
| 70 |
#70
Singapore
|
80.50 % | 2018 | -0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 71 |
#71
Sweden
|
80.28 % | 2019 | -1.9 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 72 |
#72
Mauritius
|
80.17 % | 2019 | +1.6 % | +1.4 % | View data |
| 73 |
#73
Finland
|
80.05 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 74 |
#74
South Africa
|
80.00 % | 2019 | +0.3 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 75 |
#75
Andorra
|
79.56 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 76 |
#76
Qatar
|
79.55 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -1.5 % | View data |
| 77 |
#77
Tuvalu
|
79.25 % | 2019 | -0.9 % | NA | View data |
| 78 |
#78
Liechtenstein
|
79.08 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 79 |
#79
Costa Rica
|
78.79 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 80 |
#80
Monaco
|
78.41 % | 2020 | -4.1 % | -1.5 % | View data |
| 81 |
#81
South Korea
|
78.17 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 82 |
#82
Brunei
|
78.08 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.4 % | View data |
| 83 |
#83
Jordan
|
77.86 % | 2019 | -1.5 % | -1.3 % | View data |
| 84 |
#84
Tajikistan
|
77.85 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 85 |
#85
Ecuador
|
77.79 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 86 |
#86
Vietnam
|
77.68 % | 2019 | -0.6 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 87 |
#87
Spain
|
77.28 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 88 |
#88
Colombia
|
77.26 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 89 |
#89
Panama
|
76.87 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 90 |
#90
Barbados
|
76.54 % | 2019 | -1.1 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 91 |
#91
Belize
|
76.52 % | 2019 | +2.5 % | +0.7 % | View data |
| 92 |
#92
Luxembourg
|
76.32 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 93 |
#93
Maldives
|
75.83 % | 2019 | +7.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 94 |
#94
Nauru
|
75.36 % | 2019 | NA | -4.0 % | View data |
| 95 |
#95
Bahrain
|
74.80 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +0.0 % | View data |
| 96 |
#96
Palestine
|
74.74 % | 2019 | -0.0 % | +1.1 % | View data |
| 97 |
#97
Norway
|
74.48 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 98 |
#98
Lesotho
|
74.45 % | 2019 | -0.3 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 99 |
#99
Botswana
|
74.30 % | 2015 | -0.4 % | NA | View data |
| 100 |
#100
Honduras
|
74.24 % | 2019 | NA | NA | View data |
| 101 |
#101
El Salvador
|
73.66 % | 2018 | -0.7 % | NA | View data |
| 102 |
#102
Tonga
|
72.68 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 103 |
#103
Greece
|
71.90 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 104 |
#104
Cape Verde
|
71.71 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | +1.1 % | View data |
| 105 |
#105
Thailand
|
71.56 % | 2019 | NA | NA | View data |
| 106 |
#106
Oman
|
70.52 % | 2019 | -0.6 % | NA | View data |
| 107 |
#107
Malaysia
|
69.64 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | -0.1 % | View data |
| 108 |
#108
Swaziland
|
69.03 % | 2019 | -0.9 % | -0.2 % | View data |
| 109 |
#109
China
|
68.97 % | 2019 | +2.3 % | +2.5 % | View data |
| 110 |
#110
Denmark
|
68.38 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 111 |
#111
Iran
|
67.48 % | 2019 | +0.2 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 112 |
#112
Mexico
|
67.31 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | +0.5 % | View data |
| 113 |
#113
Peru
|
67.17 % | 2019 | -0.5 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 114 |
#114
Indonesia
|
67.02 % | 2019 | -2.1 % | +1.5 % | View data |
| 115 |
#115
Bolivia
|
64.96 % | 2019 | +0.0 % | +0.1 % | View data |
| 116 |
#116
Guatemala
|
64.93 % | 2019 | +0.4 % | -0.0 % | View data |
| 117 |
#117
Tunisia
|
64.56 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +1.7 % | View data |
| 118 |
#118
Egypt
|
62.29 % | 2019 | +1.5 % | NA | View data |
| 119 |
#119
Turkey
|
62.23 % | 2019 | +0.5 % | +1.4 % | View data |
| 120 |
#120
Bangladesh
|
61.30 % | 2018 | +0.0 % | NA | View data |
| 121 |
#121
Morocco
|
59.20 % | 2019 | +3.5 % | +1.5 % | View data |
| 122 |
#122
Fiji
|
58.95 % | 2016 | NA | -0.6 % | View data |
| 123 |
#123
Cambodia
|
58.18 % | 2019 | +1.3 % | +2.6 % | 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
|
55.55 % | 2019 | +2.5 % | +2.3 % | View data |
| 127 |
#127
Cameroon
|
55.51 % | 2019 | +5.0 % | +1.1 % | View data |
| 128 |
#128
Rwanda
|
55.48 % | 2019 | +1.1 % | +0.8 % | View data |
| 129 |
#129
India
|
54.37 % | 2019 | NA | +1.9 % | View data |
| 130 |
#130
Niger
|
53.65 % | 2019 | +1.8 % | +2.2 % | View data |
| 131 |
#131
Laos
|
53.49 % | 2019 | +2.2 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 132 |
#132
Madagascar
|
52.99 % | 2019 | -0.9 % | -1.0 % | View data |
| 133 |
#133
Saudi Arabia
|
52.28 % | 2019 | -0.4 % | +0.3 % | View data |
| 134 |
#134
Zambia
|
51.92 % | 2019 | +0.1 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 135 |
#135
Burundi
|
50.31 % | 2019 | -0.2 % | -0.8 % | View data |
| 136 |
#136
Kenya
|
50.24 % | 2015 | +3.9 % | NA | View data |
| 137 |
#137
Tanzania
|
49.68 % | 2019 | -1.4 % | -0.7 % | View data |
| 138 |
#138
Papua New Guinea
|
49.42 % | 2016 | NA | NA | View data |
| 139 |
#139
Burkina Faso
|
47.98 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | +2.9 % | View data |
| 140 |
#140
Angola
|
47.18 % | 2016 | -3.9 % | +5.1 % | View data |
| 141 |
#141
Mozambique
|
45.98 % | 2019 | +0.6 % | +1.8 % | View data |
| 142 |
#142
Malawi
|
45.01 % | 2019 | +2.2 % | +1.5 % | View data |
| 143 |
#143
Nepal
|
44.60 % | 2019 | NA | +1.4 % | View data |
| 144 |
#144
Equatorial Guinea
|
44.39 % | 2015 | NA | +4.4 % | 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
|
41.27 % | 2019 | -0.1 % | NA | View data |
| 149 |
#149
Bhutan
|
41.18 % | 2020 | NA | +0.6 % | 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
|
36.19 % | 2019 | +1.9 % | +1.3 % | View data |
| 153 |
#153
Mauritania
|
35.44 % | 2019 | +6.0 % | -0.3 % | View data |
| 154 |
#154
Yemen
|
33.30 % | 2016 | NA | +4.0 % | View data |
| 155 |
#155
Mali
|
31.96 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | +2.3 % | View data |
| 156 |
#156
Senegal
|
31.90 % | 2019 | NA | -0.3 % | View data |
| 157 |
#157
Ivory Coast
|
31.60 % | 2019 | +4.5 % | +4.3 % | View data |
| 158 |
#158
Guinea
|
31.51 % | 2019 | +1.0 % | +1.0 % | View data |
| 159 |
#159
Djibouti
|
30.61 % | 2020 | NA | +3.6 % | View data |
| 160 |
#160
Sierra Leone
|
29.92 % | 2019 | +0.9 % | NA | View data |
| 161 |
#161
Comoros
|
29.49 % | 2018 | +45.2 % | -7.2 % | View data |
| 162 |
#162
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
28.61 % | 2018 | NA | NA | View data |
| 163 |
#163
Benin
|
26.53 % | 2019 | +2.8 % | +3.3 % | View data |
| 164 |
#164
Central African Republic
|
19.09 % | 2016 | NA | +1.7 % | View data |
| 165 |
#165
Chad
|
18.78 % | 2019 | +0.8 % | NA | View data |
| 166 |
#166
Liberia
|
18.46 % | 2017 | -10.3 % | NA | View data |
| 167 |
#167
Togo
|
17.04 % | 2019 | +2.9 % | +1.2 % | View data |
| 168 |
#168
South Sudan
|
14.83 % | 2015 | NA | +4.7 % | View data |
Source: World Bank