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Female share of primary teachers
Compare female share of primary teachers across 122 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2024 official-source dataset.
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Key Insights
Global Average
74.5% of primary teachers
Median: 79.1% of primary teachers
Countries Covered
122
with available data
Highest
Belarus
99.5% of primary teachers
Lowest
South Sudan
14.5% of primary teachers
Top 5 Countries
1Belarus99.5% of primary teachers
2Ukraine98.6% of primary teachers
3Kyrgyzstan98.6% of primary teachers
4Moldova, Republic of98.3% of primary teachers
5Mongolia96.8% of primary teachers
By Region
Key Findings
- •Coverage: 122 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2024.
- •Published range: 14.4875802993774 to 99.5096274968508 % of primary teachers.
- •Discovery motivation: GitHub Trending emphasized AI skills and system-design learning while Google Trends surfaced Google AI, motivating comparison of who makes up the primary teaching workforce.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (14.5% of primary teachers)High (99.5% of primary teachers)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 74.5% of primary teachers)
About This Statistic
Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
MapTheory retains one fixed reference year and unit. Only finite values mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric codes are included; aggregates, missing values and non-ISO geographies are excluded. No value is estimated, imputed or carried across years.
Methodology
Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 99.5% of primary teachers |
| 2 | Ukraine | 98.6% of primary teachers |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 98.6% of primary teachers |
| 4 | Moldova, Republic of | 98.3% of primary teachers |
| 5 | Mongolia | 96.8% of primary teachers |
| 6 | Lithuania | 96.1% of primary teachers |
| 7 | Hungary | 95.2% of primary teachers |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 94.2% of primary teachers |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 94.2% of primary teachers |
| 10 | Italy | 93.8% of primary teachers |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 92.9% of primary teachers |
| 12 | Virgin Islands, British | 92.7% of primary teachers |
| 13 | San Marino | 92.2% of primary teachers |
| 14 | Latvia | 92.1% of primary teachers |
| 15 | Tuvalu | 91.8% of primary teachers |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 91.5% of primary teachers |
| 17 | Austria | 91.4% of primary teachers |
| 18 | Bahamas | 91.1% of primary teachers |
| 19 | Georgia | 90.9% of primary teachers |
| 20 | Syrian Arab Republic | 90.5% of primary teachers |
| 21 | Lebanon | 90.0% of primary teachers |
| 22 | Estonia | 89.8% of primary teachers |
| 23 | Armenia | 89.5% of primary teachers |
| 24 | Slovakia | 89.2% of primary teachers |
| 25 | Jamaica | 89.2% of primary teachers |
| 26 | Brazil | 89.1% of primary teachers |
| 27 | Albania | 88.8% of primary teachers |
| 28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 88.4% of primary teachers |
| 29 | Serbia | 88.3% of primary teachers |
| 30 | Philippines | 88.3% of primary teachers |
| 31 | Poland | 88.3% of primary teachers |
| 32 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 87.9% of primary teachers |
| 33 | Seychelles | 87.6% of primary teachers |
| 34 | Germany | 87.3% of primary teachers |
| 35 | Guyana | 87.3% of primary teachers |
| 36 | Netherlands | 87.0% of primary teachers |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 86.2% of primary teachers |
| 38 | Israel | 86.2% of primary teachers |
| 39 | Malta | 85.8% of primary teachers |
| 40 | Palau | 85.4% of primary teachers |
| 41 | Maldives | 85.3% of primary teachers |
| 42 | Cayman Islands | 84.8% of primary teachers |
| 43 | New Zealand | 84.6% of primary teachers |
| 44 | Kiribati | 84.3% of primary teachers |
| 45 | Switzerland | 83.5% of primary teachers |
| 46 | Mauritius | 83.4% of primary teachers |
| 47 | Turkmenistan | 83.2% of primary teachers |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 82.3% of primary teachers |
| 49 | Sweden | 81.8% of primary teachers |
| 50 | Andorra | 81.6% of primary teachers |
| 51 | Chile | 81.3% of primary teachers |
| 52 | Macao | 81.1% of primary teachers |
| 53 | Cuba | 81.1% of primary teachers |
| 54 | Monaco | 80.5% of primary teachers |
| 55 | Nauru | 80.3% of primary teachers |
| 56 | Jordan | 79.9% of primary teachers |
| 57 | Finland | 79.7% of primary teachers |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 79.6% of primary teachers |
| 59 | Ecuador | 79.4% of primary teachers |
| 60 | Algeria | 79.2% of primary teachers |
| 61 | Qatar | 79.1% of primary teachers |
| 62 | Vietnam | 79.0% of primary teachers |
| 63 | Tonga | 78.2% of primary teachers |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 77.9% of primary teachers |
| 65 | Brunei Darussalam | 77.8% of primary teachers |
| 66 | Spain | 77.7% of primary teachers |
| 67 | Belize | 77.4% of primary teachers |
| 68 | Bahrain | 77.1% of primary teachers |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 76.8% of primary teachers |
| 70 | Barbados | 76.8% of primary teachers |
| 71 | Venezuela | 76.7% of primary teachers |
| 72 | South Korea | 76.7% of primary teachers |
| 73 | Luxembourg | 76.4% of primary teachers |
| 74 | Honduras | 76.2% of primary teachers |
| 75 | Hong Kong | 76.1% of primary teachers |
| 76 | Grenada | 76.0% of primary teachers |
| 77 | Oman | 74.8% of primary teachers |
| 78 | People's Republic of China | 74.5% of primary teachers |
| 79 | Lesotho | 74.5% of primary teachers |
| 80 | Norway | 73.6% of primary teachers |
| 81 | El Salvador | 73.5% of primary teachers |
| 82 | Indonesia | 71.8% of primary teachers |
| 83 | Peru | 71.3% of primary teachers |
| 84 | Namibia | 70.8% of primary teachers |
| 85 | Malaysia | 70.1% of primary teachers |
| 86 | Thailand | 67.9% of primary teachers |
| 87 | Denmark | 67.2% of primary teachers |
| 88 | Guatemala | 67.1% of primary teachers |
| 89 | Egypt | 66.2% of primary teachers |
| 90 | Bangladesh | 65.9% of primary teachers |
| 91 | Bolivia | 65.6% of primary teachers |
| 92 | Morocco | 64.7% of primary teachers |
| 93 | Fiji | 64.6% of primary teachers |
| 94 | Vanuatu | 62.8% of primary teachers |
| 95 | Zimbabwe | 62.0% of primary teachers |
| 96 | Cameroon | 61.4% of primary teachers |
| 97 | Cambodia | 60.1% of primary teachers |
| 98 | Zambia | 59.2% of primary teachers |
| 99 | Saudi Arabia | 58.8% of primary teachers |
| 100 | India | 57.6% of primary teachers |
| 101 | Marshall Islands | 57.6% of primary teachers |
| 102 | Rwanda | 56.7% of primary teachers |
| 103 | Niger | 56.5% of primary teachers |
| 104 | Madagascar | 54.9% of primary teachers |
| 105 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 54.7% of primary teachers |
| 106 | Nepal | 54.1% of primary teachers |
| 107 | Pakistan | 51.9% of primary teachers |
| 108 | Ghana | 50.2% of primary teachers |
| 109 | Burkina Faso | 50.1% of primary teachers |
| 110 | United Republic of Tanzania | 47.8% of primary teachers |
| 111 | Malawi | 47.1% of primary teachers |
| 112 | Republic of The Gambia | 46.8% of primary teachers |
| 113 | Bhutan | 45.8% of primary teachers |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 44.8% of primary teachers |
| 115 | Comoros | 43.2% of primary teachers |
| 116 | Mauritania | 41.3% of primary teachers |
| 117 | Cote d'Ivoire | 37.9% of primary teachers |
| 118 | Senegal | 34.5% of primary teachers |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | 33.8% of primary teachers |
| 120 | Togo | 22.4% of primary teachers |
| 121 | Chad | 21.3% of primary teachers |
| 122 | South Sudan | 14.5% of primary teachers |
Showing 122 of 122 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Development Indicators (2024).
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