education2024
Female share of tertiary academic staff
Compare female share of tertiary academic staff across 75 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2024 official-source slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
45.1% of tertiary academic staff
Median: 47.7% of tertiary academic staff
Countries Covered
75
with available data
Highest
Kazakhstan
66.7% of tertiary academic staff
Lowest
Burkina Faso
9.6% of tertiary academic staff
Top 5 Countries
1Kazakhstan66.7% of tertiary academic staff
2Kyrgyzstan65.5% of tertiary academic staff
3Armenia63.5% of tertiary academic staff
4Virgin Islands, British63.2% of tertiary academic staff
5Azerbaijan62.0% of tertiary academic staff
By Region
Key Findings
- •75 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2024 observation.
- •Kazakhstan has the highest published value (66.6986959505834 % of tertiary academic staff).
- •Burkina Faso has the lowest published value (9.59511924570161 % of tertiary academic staff).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (9.6% of tertiary academic staff)High (66.7% of tertiary academic staff)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 45.1% of tertiary academic staff)
About This Statistic
Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education.
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 66.7% of tertiary academic staff |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 65.5% of tertiary academic staff |
| 3 | Armenia | 63.5% of tertiary academic staff |
| 4 | Virgin Islands, British | 63.2% of tertiary academic staff |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 62.0% of tertiary academic staff |
| 6 | Cuba | 61.7% of tertiary academic staff |
| 7 | Belarus | 61.6% of tertiary academic staff |
| 8 | Mongolia | 61.4% of tertiary academic staff |
| 9 | Ukraine | 61.4% of tertiary academic staff |
| 10 | Moldova, Republic of | 60.1% of tertiary academic staff |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 59.6% of tertiary academic staff |
| 12 | Albania | 58.9% of tertiary academic staff |
| 13 | Thailand | 56.3% of tertiary academic staff |
| 14 | Lithuania | 56.2% of tertiary academic staff |
| 15 | Latvia | 54.9% of tertiary academic staff |
| 16 | Egypt | 54.7% of tertiary academic staff |
| 17 | New Zealand | 54.3% of tertiary academic staff |
| 18 | Belize | 54.0% of tertiary academic staff |
| 19 | Tonga | 53.8% of tertiary academic staff |
| 20 | Seychelles | 53.4% of tertiary academic staff |
| 21 | Finland | 53.2% of tertiary academic staff |
| 22 | Monaco | 53.1% of tertiary academic staff |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 52.3% of tertiary academic staff |
| 24 | Vietnam | 51.1% of tertiary academic staff |
| 25 | Norway | 50.6% of tertiary academic staff |
| 26 | Andorra | 50.5% of tertiary academic staff |
| 27 | Serbia | 50.2% of tertiary academic staff |
| 28 | Turkmenistan | 50.1% of tertiary academic staff |
| 29 | Netherlands | 49.9% of tertiary academic staff |
| 30 | Estonia | 49.7% of tertiary academic staff |
| 31 | Malaysia | 49.4% of tertiary academic staff |
| 32 | Israel | 49.3% of tertiary academic staff |
| 33 | Honduras | 48.9% of tertiary academic staff |
| 34 | Poland | 48.8% of tertiary academic staff |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 48.1% of tertiary academic staff |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 47.8% of tertiary academic staff |
| 37 | Slovakia | 47.8% of tertiary academic staff |
| 38 | Sweden | 47.7% of tertiary academic staff |
| 39 | Algeria | 47.3% of tertiary academic staff |
| 40 | Spain | 47.0% of tertiary academic staff |
| 41 | Brazil | 47.0% of tertiary academic staff |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 47.0% of tertiary academic staff |
| 43 | Denmark | 46.9% of tertiary academic staff |
| 44 | Bahrain | 46.9% of tertiary academic staff |
| 45 | Austria | 45.7% of tertiary academic staff |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 43.7% of tertiary academic staff |
| 47 | Hungary | 43.3% of tertiary academic staff |
| 48 | Germany | 42.0% of tertiary academic staff |
| 49 | Samoa | 40.6% of tertiary academic staff |
| 50 | Switzerland | 39.9% of tertiary academic staff |
| 51 | Italy | 39.7% of tertiary academic staff |
| 52 | Mauritius | 39.2% of tertiary academic staff |
| 53 | Malta | 39.0% of tertiary academic staff |
| 54 | Oman | 38.9% of tertiary academic staff |
| 55 | Macao | 38.3% of tertiary academic staff |
| 56 | South Korea | 38.1% of tertiary academic staff |
| 57 | Luxembourg | 37.2% of tertiary academic staff |
| 58 | Peru | 36.8% of tertiary academic staff |
| 59 | Pakistan | 36.5% of tertiary academic staff |
| 60 | Morocco | 36.4% of tertiary academic staff |
| 61 | Qatar | 36.4% of tertiary academic staff |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 35.5% of tertiary academic staff |
| 63 | Jordan | 33.4% of tertiary academic staff |
| 64 | Nepal | 31.3% of tertiary academic staff |
| 65 | San Marino | 30.6% of tertiary academic staff |
| 66 | United Republic of Tanzania | 30.3% of tertiary academic staff |
| 67 | Bangladesh | 29.1% of tertiary academic staff |
| 68 | Cameroon | 26.8% of tertiary academic staff |
| 69 | Ghana | 25.5% of tertiary academic staff |
| 70 | Cambodia | 24.5% of tertiary academic staff |
| 71 | Angola | 21.0% of tertiary academic staff |
| 72 | Rwanda | 20.5% of tertiary academic staff |
| 73 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.0% of tertiary academic staff |
| 74 | Senegal | 12.4% of tertiary academic staff |
| 75 | Burkina Faso | 9.6% of tertiary academic staff |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).
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