Females, as a share of public paid employees by industry: Teachers by country

Countries reporting
25
Highest
0.8959
Russia
Lowest
0.3177
Pakistan
Median
0.703
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
275

What the numbers show

Females, as a share of public paid employees by industry: Teachers is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 0.8959 in Russia; the lowest is 0.3177 in Pakistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.703, and the mean is 0.6661.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 48.8%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 6.2%).

Females, as a share of public paid employees by industry: Teachers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 0.8959 2016 up 2.9% rising
2 Georgia 0.8706 2013 up 3.4% flat
3 Dominican Republic 0.813 2015 up 4.5% rising
4 Brazil 0.7998 2016 down 1.7% flat
5 Philippines 0.7983 2019 down 1.6% falling
6 Moldova 0.7774 2015 down 1.8% rising
7 Uruguay 0.7651 2016 down 4.2% flat
8 Honduras 0.7366 2019 up 48.7% rising
9 Costa Rica 0.7301 2012 down 5.3% flat
10 Sri Lanka 0.7277 2016 up 2.7% flat
11 Australia 0.721 2015 up 0.6% rising
12 Vietnam 0.7061 2019 up 11.1% rising
13 El Salvador 0.703 2017 up 48.8% rising
14 Chile 0.6941 2017 down 5.8% flat
15 South Africa 0.6675 2020 up 10.8% rising
16 Ecuador 0.6588 2017 up 14.4% rising
17 Mexico 0.6493 2019 up 13.2% rising
18 Paraguay 0.6203 2010 down 6.2% flat
19 Jordan 0.5788 2016 up 13.3% rising
20 Bolivia 0.5731 2017 rising
21 Palestine 0.5574 2017 up 19.6% rising
22 Zambia 0.4894 2015 up 18.3% rising
23 Peru 0.4531 2015 up 31.5% rising
24 Ethiopia 0.3495 2016 up 45.6% rising
25 Pakistan 0.3177 2014 up 24.0% rising

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Indicator
Females, as a share of public paid employees by industry: Teachers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 275 data points, 2000–2020
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