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Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, female (number) by country

Total number of female teachers in public and private short-cycle tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery...

Countries reporting
59
Highest
162,709 number
Russia
Lowest
0 number
Bermuda
Median
430 number
Years covered
22
1998–2019
Data points
596

What the numbers show

Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, female (number) is currently reported for 59 countries. The highest value is 162,709 number in Russia; the lowest is 0 number in Bermuda.

The median across all reporting countries is 430 number, and the mean is 5,467 number.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 797.0%), and the largest decrease in Bermuda (down 100.0%).

Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russia 162,709 number 2017 up 24.7% rising
2 Argentina 23,756 number 2006 down 9.2% falling
3 South Korea 19,769 number 2018 up 10.1% rising
4 Spain 18,355 number 2018 up 14.1% rising
5 Vietnam 12,777 number 2016 up 85.7% rising
6 Malaysia 9,063 number 2019 up 9.9% rising
7 Turkey 8,241 number 2018 up 116.8% rising
8 Peru 7,213 number 2012 down 0.3% flat
9 Belarus 5,557 number 2018 down 38.4% falling
10 Kazakhstan 5,219 number 2019 down 26.3% rising
11 Greece 5,098 number 2007 up 91.6% rising
12 Austria 5,032 number 2017 — rising
13 Kyrgyzstan 4,986 number 2019 up 78.1% rising
14 Azerbaijan 4,524 number 2019 down 23.7% falling
15 Myanmar 4,506 number 2018 up 127.7% volatile
16 Morocco 3,301 number 2019 up 797.0% volatile
17 Armenia 3,111 number 2019 up 9.6% falling
18 Lithuania 2,538 number 2012 down 21.6% falling
19 Tajikistan 2,216 number 2017 up 98.9% rising
20 Laos 1,846 number 2019 up 208.7% volatile
21 Singapore 1,845 number 2018 down 24.3% falling
22 New Zealand 1,552 number 2018 up 7.4% rising
23 Ghana 1,365 number 2018 up 39.3% rising
24 Moldova 926 number 2019 up 6.8% falling
25 Oman 903 number 2016 up 175.3% rising
26 Latvia 727 number 2018 up 25.3% rising
27 Jordan 581 number 2017 down 28.4% rising
28 Bulgaria 566 number 2012 down 50.0% falling
29 Slovenia 525 number 2018 down 24.9% volatile
30 Palestine 430 number 2019 up 228.2% rising
31 Hungary 381 number 2016 down 66.1% falling
32 Lesotho 349 number 2018 up 100.6% rising
33 Cyprus 319 number 2018 down 49.6% falling
34 Slovakia 278 number 2018 up 59.8% falling
35 Guyana 268 number 2012 up 538.1% rising
36 Mongolia 213 number 2012 up 8.1% falling
37 Qatar 170 number 2019 down 9.1% rising
38 Brazil 165 number 2018 down 63.4% falling
39 Trinidad and Tobago 156 number 2003 — volatile
40 Sweden 153.23 number 2018 down 41.5% falling
41 Belize 148 number 2019 up 43.7% rising
42 Brunei 122 number 2019 up 50.6% rising
43 Namibia 112 number 2008 — volatile
44 Madagascar 83 number 2018 down 70.1% rising
46 Aruba 75 number 2012 up 47.1% rising
46 Bahrain 75 number 2019 — volatile
48 Liberia 49 number 2012 up 96.0% volatile
49 Samoa 42 number 2018 — volatile
50 Poland 40 number 2018 down 97.9% volatile
51 North Macedonia 36 number 2012 up 56.5% rising
52 El Salvador 34 number 2018 down 80.6% volatile
53 Germany 17.72 number 2018 down 20.9% flat
54 Saint Lucia 13 number 2012 down 35.0% flat
55 Djibouti 8 number 2005 up 100.0% volatile
56 Mauritania 5 number 2012 up 66.7% rising
57 Andorra 3 number 2019 down 95.1% volatile
58 Malawi 0 number 2007 — flat
58 Eswatini 0 number 2013 — flat
58 Bermuda 0 number 2018 down 100.0% falling

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
60 places, 596 data points, 1998–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of female teachers in public and private short-cycle tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.