Primary education, teachers (% female) by country

What this measures

Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Limitations: The indicator measures the level of gender representation in the teaching profession, rather than the effectiveness and quality of teaching.

Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.

Ranking

Regions and income groups

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• Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24)
• Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)
• Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)
• Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
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Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, SE.PRM.TCHR.FE.ZS, CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.