Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by occupation: Teachers by country

Countries reporting
24
Highest
0.9986
Mexico
Lowest
0.4694
Pakistan
Median
0.7608
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
267

What the numbers show

Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by occupation: Teachers is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 0.9986 in Mexico; the lowest is 0.4694 in Pakistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7608, and the mean is 0.7639.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 74.8%), and the largest decrease in Jordan (down 23.1%).

Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mexico 0.9986 2019 up 36.7% rising
2 Republic of Moldova 0.9737 2015 down 1.2% flat
3 Russian Federation 0.9644 2016 up 0.1% flat
4 Viet Nam 0.8622 2019 down 12.2% falling
5 South Africa 0.8574 2020 up 43.8% rising
6 Georgia 0.8445 2013 down 8.1% falling
7 Ethiopia 0.8416 2016 up 9.9% falling
8 Paraguay 0.8068 2009 down 3.2% flat
9 Costa Rica 0.7981 2012 down 5.0% flat
10 Zambia 0.7886 2015 down 9.6% falling
11 Philippines 0.7789 2019 up 0.2% flat
12 Sri Lanka 0.7655 2016 down 6.6% falling
13 Peru 0.7561 2015 down 2.6% flat
14 Dominican Republic 0.7486 2015 up 0.1% rising
15 Uruguay 0.7305 2016 down 4.6% flat
16 Ecuador 0.7268 2017 up 4.6% rising
17 El Salvador 0.7227 2017 up 14.8% rising
18 Brazil 0.7162 2016 down 7.1% flat
19 Honduras 0.7095 2019 up 1.3% rising
20 Australia 0.697 2015 down 22.6% falling
21 Palestine, State of 0.6665 2017 down 20.4% falling
22 Jordan 0.6137 2016 down 23.1% falling
23 Chile 0.4962 2017 up 74.8% falling
24 Pakistan 0.4694 2014 down 21.6% falling

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Indicator
Public sector female employment, as a share of paid employment by occupation: Teachers
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 267 data points, 2000–2020
Last refreshed