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Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 6, 7 and 8 programmes, female (number) by country

Total number of female teachers in public and private short-cycle tertiary education institutions (ISCED 6-8). 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
70
Highest
597,016 number
India
Lowest
17 number
Cayman Islands
Median
3,569 number
Years covered
22
1998–2019
Data points
711

What the numbers show

Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 6, 7 and 8 programmes, female (number) is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 597,016 number in India; the lowest is 17 number in Cayman Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,569 number, and the mean is 22,151 number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 35,119.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 1,057.5%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 58.0%).

Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 6, 7 and 8 programmes, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 597,016 number 2019 up 16.8% rising
2 Brazil 205,875 number 2018 up 24.6% rising
3 Germany 165,492 number 2018 up 18.7% rising
4 Turkey 61,994 number 2018 up 48.3% rising
5 South Korea 58,764 number 2018 up 18.8% rising
6 Spain 57,029 number 2018 up 39.8% rising
7 Poland 42,788 number 2015 up 9.2% rising
8 Cuba 36,179 number 2018 down 58.0% volatile
9 Vietnam 32,690 number 2016 up 163.8% rising
10 Malaysia 32,311 number 2019 up 39.3% rising
11 Kazakhstan 24,914 number 2019 up 0.9% rising
12 Austria 20,334 number 2017 — flat
13 Myanmar 17,679 number 2018 up 4.5% rising
14 Sweden 15,855 number 2018 up 13.1% rising
15 Romania 13,469 number 2018 up 0.9% rising
16 Uzbekistan 11,615 number 2019 up 29.3% rising
17 Belarus 11,465 number 2018 down 21.1% flat
18 Bulgaria 10,858 number 2018 up 23.7% rising
19 Hungary 8,987 number 2016 up 5.1% flat
20 Georgia 8,385 number 2007 down 31.6% falling
21 Azerbaijan 8,102 number 2019 up 8.2% rising
22 Kyrgyzstan 7,073 number 2019 down 2.5% rising
23 New Zealand 6,836 number 2018 up 17.1% rising
24 Morocco 6,420 number 2019 up 111.7% rising
25 Lithuania 6,415 number 2018 up 24.9% rising
26 Greece 5,994 number 2018 up 17.4% rising
27 Serbia 5,735 number 2019 down 15.8% falling
28 Jordan 5,609 number 2017 up 337.2% volatile
29 Armenia 5,525 number 2019 down 7.0% rising
30 Slovakia 5,312 number 2018 down 0.2% rising
31 Mongolia 4,836 number 2012 up 87.4% rising
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,556 number 2019 up 19.0% rising
33 El Salvador 4,031 number 2018 up 46.3% rising
34 Mozambique 4,005 number 2018 up 418.1% volatile
35 Tajikistan 3,731 number 2017 up 50.8% rising
36 Singapore 3,407 number 2018 up 24.8% rising
37 Latvia 3,276 number 2018 down 1.1% rising
38 Tanzania 3,011 number 2019 up 176.2% volatile
39 Moldova 2,484 number 2019 down 28.3% falling
40 Slovenia 2,387 number 2018 up 10.6% rising
41 Ghana 2,244 number 2018 up 49.6% rising
42 Palestine 1,972 number 2019 up 145.9% volatile
43 Oman 1,918 number 2016 up 125.4% rising
44 North Macedonia 1,910 number 2017 up 55.4% rising
45 Madagascar 1,895 number 2018 up 443.0% volatile
46 Laos 1,742 number 2019 up 291.5% volatile
47 Cyprus 1,088 number 2018 up 1,057.5% volatile
48 Bahrain 669 number 2019 — rising
49 Qatar 632 number 2019 up 60.8% rising
50 Malta 540.08 number 2017 — rising
51 Cape Verde 513 number 2013 up 285.7% rising
52 Cambodia 390 number 2005 up 26.2% rising
53 Namibia 384 number 2008 up 42.2% rising
54 Brunei 305 number 2019 up 43.9% volatile
55 Malawi 289 number 2007 up 124.0% rising
56 Lesotho 228 number 2018 up 76.7% rising
57 Belize 224 number 2019 up 261.3% rising
58 Liberia 190 number 2012 up 91.9% rising
59 Eswatini 174 number 2013 up 51.3% rising
60 Trinidad and Tobago 164 number 2003 — rising
61 Samoa 156 number 2018 — volatile
62 Saint Lucia 110 number 2012 up 4.8% rising
63 Guyana 88 number 2012 down 10.2% falling
64 Andorra 69 number 2019 up 762.5% volatile
65 Aruba 66 number 2012 up 187.0% rising
66 Eritrea 56 number 2004 up 133.3% rising
67 Liechtenstein 41 number 2017 up 17.1% rising
68 Mauritania 23 number 2012 up 91.7% rising
68 Bermuda 23 number 2018 — volatile
70 Cayman Islands 17 number 2008 up 112.5% rising

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 6, 7 and 8 programmes, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
71 places, 711 data points, 1998–2019
Last refreshed

Total number of female teachers in public and private short-cycle tertiary education institutions (ISCED 6-8). 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. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/