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Trained teachers in upper secondary education, female (% of female teachers)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

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Key Insights

Global Average
80.5% of female teachers in upper secondary education
Median: 91.9% of female teachers in upper secondary education
Countries Covered
123
with available data
Highest
Cambodia
100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
Lowest
Burundi
6.5% of female teachers in upper secondary education
Top 5 Countries
1Cambodia100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
2Cayman Islands100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
3Croatia100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
4Cuba100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
5Cyprus100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
By Region
Europe100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education(6 countries)
North America100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education(1 countries)
South America87.8% of female teachers in upper secondary education(3 countries)
Asia86.2% of female teachers in upper secondary education(19 countries)
Africa85.6% of female teachers in upper secondary education(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (6.5% of female teachers in upper secondary education)High (100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 80.5% of female teachers in upper secondary education)

Europe (6)
North America (1)
South America (3)
Asia (19)
Africa (7)
Other (87)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Cambodia100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
2Cayman Islands100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
3Croatia100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
4Cuba100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
5Cyprus100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
6Dominican Republic100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
7Ethiopia100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
8State of Palestine100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
9Gibraltar100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
10Iraq100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
11Jordan100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
12Kenya100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
13South Korea100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
14Kuwait100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
15Latvia100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
16Mongolia100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
17Moldova, Republic of100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
18Morocco100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
19Oman100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
20Nauru100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
21Palau100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
22Papua New Guinea100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
23Philippines100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
24Portugal100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
25Qatar100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
26San Marino100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
27Saudi Arabia100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
28Serbia100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
29Spain100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
30Thailand100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
31United Arab Emirates100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
32Tunisia100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
33Turks and Caicos Islands100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
34United States of America100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
35Uzbekistan100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
36Bahrain100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
37Bermuda100.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
38Vietnam99.8% of female teachers in upper secondary education
39Maldives98.9% of female teachers in upper secondary education
40Colombia98.8% of female teachers in upper secondary education
41Panama98.6% of female teachers in upper secondary education
42Azerbaijan98.4% of female teachers in upper secondary education
43Cape Verde97.5% of female teachers in upper secondary education
44Bhutan96.8% of female teachers in upper secondary education
45Costa Rica96.6% of female teachers in upper secondary education
46Mozambique96.5% of female teachers in upper secondary education
47Namibia96.4% of female teachers in upper secondary education
48Islamic Republic of Iran95.7% of female teachers in upper secondary education
49Georgia95.2% of female teachers in upper secondary education
50Nepal95.2% of female teachers in upper secondary education
51Belarus95.1% of female teachers in upper secondary education
52Tonga95.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
53Macao94.8% of female teachers in upper secondary education
54El Salvador94.8% of female teachers in upper secondary education
55Guinea94.3% of female teachers in upper secondary education
56Sao Tome and Principe94.1% of female teachers in upper secondary education
57Lao People's Democratic Republic94.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
58Yemen93.8% of female teachers in upper secondary education
59India93.5% of female teachers in upper secondary education
60Republic of the Congo93.4% of female teachers in upper secondary education
61Brunei Darussalam92.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
62Malaysia91.9% of female teachers in upper secondary education
63Bahamas90.3% of female teachers in upper secondary education
64Sierra Leone89.9% of female teachers in upper secondary education
65Venezuela88.3% of female teachers in upper secondary education
66Myanmar88.1% of female teachers in upper secondary education
67Armenia87.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
68Egypt86.4% of female teachers in upper secondary education
69Brazil85.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
70Puerto Rico84.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
71Eritrea83.7% of female teachers in upper secondary education
72Monaco82.4% of female teachers in upper secondary education
73Lesotho81.6% of female teachers in upper secondary education
74Marshall Islands80.6% of female teachers in upper secondary education
75Djibouti80.3% of female teachers in upper secondary education
76Ghana80.2% of female teachers in upper secondary education
77Sri Lanka79.7% of female teachers in upper secondary education
78Ecuador79.5% of female teachers in upper secondary education
79Angola78.2% of female teachers in upper secondary education
80Paraguay77.5% of female teachers in upper secondary education
81Fiji76.7% of female teachers in upper secondary education
82Liberia76.4% of female teachers in upper secondary education
83Senegal75.9% of female teachers in upper secondary education
84Virgin Islands, British75.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
85Republic of The Gambia71.7% of female teachers in upper secondary education
86Sudan70.7% of female teachers in upper secondary education
87Tuvalu70.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
88Saint Lucia69.2% of female teachers in upper secondary education
89Nicaragua68.1% of female teachers in upper secondary education
90Solomon Islands68.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
91Honduras66.3% of female teachers in upper secondary education
92Burkina Faso66.2% of female teachers in upper secondary education
93Cameroon65.7% of female teachers in upper secondary education
94Mauritania65.7% of female teachers in upper secondary education
95Belize64.2% of female teachers in upper secondary education
96Pakistan62.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
97Albania61.8% of female teachers in upper secondary education
98Saint Vincent and the Grenadines61.1% of female teachers in upper secondary education
99Rwanda60.3% of female teachers in upper secondary education
100Samoa58.4% of female teachers in upper secondary education
101Malawi57.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
102Saint Kitts and Nevis55.8% of female teachers in upper secondary education
103Chad55.1% of female teachers in upper secondary education
104Barbados54.8% of female teachers in upper secondary education
105Somalia54.4% of female teachers in upper secondary education
106Nigeria54.0% of female teachers in upper secondary education
107Guyana53.5% of female teachers in upper secondary education
108Dominica51.7% of female teachers in upper secondary education
109Niger49.4% of female teachers in upper secondary education
110Antigua and Barbuda47.9% of female teachers in upper secondary education
111Grenada46.4% of female teachers in upper secondary education
112Lebanon44.3% of female teachers in upper secondary education
113Indonesia38.9% of female teachers in upper secondary education
114Bangladesh38.1% of female teachers in upper secondary education
115Kiribati37.5% of female teachers in upper secondary education
116Benin37.3% of female teachers in upper secondary education
117Syrian Arab Republic35.2% of female teachers in upper secondary education
118Suriname34.4% of female teachers in upper secondary education
119Micronesia, Federated States of31.9% of female teachers in upper secondary education
120Mali30.1% of female teachers in upper secondary education
121Togo29.2% of female teachers in upper secondary education
122Madagascar16.1% of female teachers in upper secondary education
123Burundi6.5% of female teachers in upper secondary education
Showing 123 of 123 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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