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Table 4e. Teaching staff
Last update: June 2009
	Female teachers, Primary education			Female teachers, Secondary education			Female teachers, Tertiary education
Country or area	Year	%		Year	%		Year	%
Afghanistan	2005	34		…	...		2004	12
Albania	2004	76	b	2004	56	b	2004	41	b
Algeria	2007	53		2004	49		2007	24
Andorra	2007	77		2005	59		2006	40
Angola	...	...		2001	30		2002	20
Anguilla	2006	93		2006	69		2006	50
Antigua and Barbuda	2007	92		2000	71		…	...
Argentina	2005	88		2005	68		2005	50
Armenia	2006	99		2006	83		2007	47
Aruba	2007	83		2006	54		2007	50
Austria	2006	89		2006	62		2006	35
Azerbaijan	2007	87		2006	66		2007	40
Bahamas	2006	81		2006	59		...	...
Bahrain	2002	76	b	2002	54	b	2005	41	b
Bangladesh	2004	34		2004	18		2006	16
Barbados	2007	78		2006	59		2007	49
Belarus	2007	99		2006	80		2007	56
Belgium	2006	79		2006	57		2006	41
Belize	2007	72		2007	61		2005	49
Benin	2006	17		2004	12		2001	9
Bermuda	2006	89		2006	67		2005	58
Bhutan	2006	50		2006	41		2000	27
Bolivia	2004	61	b	2004	53	b	...	...
Botswana	2005	78		2005	54		2005	37
Brazil	2005	88		2005	81		2005	44
British Virgin Island	2006	88		2006	67		2005	55
Brunei Darussalam	2007	74		2007	60		2007	43
Bulgaria	2006	93		2006	77		2006	46
Burkina Faso	2007	31		2007	17		2007	9
Burundi	2006	55		2004	21		2005	14
Cambodia	2007	43		2007	31		2006	11
Cameroon	2007	43		2006	26		2001	14
Canada	2000	68		2000	68		2002	43
Cape Verde	2007	67		2007	39		2007	39
Cayman Islands	2006	88		2006	58		2006	24
Central African Repub	...	...		...	...		2000	9
Chad	2005	12		2003	5		2005	3
Chile	2006	78		2006	63		...	...
China	2006	55		2006	45		2006	42
China, Hong Kong SAR	2007	78		2006	56		...	...
China, Macao SAR	2007	88		2007	59		2007	31
Colombia	2007	76		2007	52		2006	35
Comoros	2005	33	b	2005	13	b	2004	15	b
Congo	2007	44		2004	13		2002	5
Cook Islands	2005	77		2005	61		...	...
Costa Rica	2007	80		2007	58		...	...
Cote d'Ivoire	2007	24		…	…		…	…
Croatia	2006	90		2006	67		2006	41
Cuba	2007	76		2007	56		2007	56
Cyprus	2006	83		2006	61		2006	40
Czech Republic	2006	95		2006	65		2006	38
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2003	26	b	2003	9	b	1999	6	b
Denmark	2001	64		2001	48		...	...
Djibouti	2006	27		2006	23		2006	16
Dominica	2006	84		2006	64		...	...
Dominican Republic	2007	76	b	2007	60	b	2004	41	b
Ecuador	2006	70		2006	49		...	...
Egypt	2007	56	b	2007	42	b	...	...
El Salvador	2007	68		2007	48		2006	33
Equatorial Guinea	2003	30		2000	4		2000	16
Eritrea	2006	43		2006	11		2004	14
Estonia	2006	89		2006	82		2006	48
Ethiopia	1999	28		...	...		2007	9
Fiji	2007	49		2007	50		...	...
Finland	2006	76	b	2005	67	b	2006	46	b
France	2006	82		2006	59		2004	39
Gabon	2004	45	b	1999	16		1999	17
Gambia	2006	34	b	2006	16	b	2004	16
Georgia	2004	95	b	2004	82	b	2007	52
Germany	2006	84		2006	57		2006	35
Ghana	2007	37		2007	22		2007	11
Gibraltar	2001	74		2001	58		...	...
Greece	2006	64		2006	57		2006	35
Grenada	2007	77		2005	59		...	...
Guatemala	2007	65		2007	44		2006	31
Guinea	2007	26		1999	11		2006	3
GuineaBissau	2001	20	b	2000	7	b	2001	19	b
Guyana	2005	86		2006	63		2006	48
Honduras	2004	75		2004	55		2004	38
Hungary	2006	96		2006	72		2006	39
Iceland	2006	80	b	2006	65	b	2006	44	b
India	2006	39		2004	34		2004	40
Indonesia	2005	61	b	2005	43		2005	39
Iran, Islamic Republic	2007	58		2007	53		2007	24
Iraq	2005	72	b	2005	58	b	2005	35	b
Ireland	2006	85		2006	62		2006	38
Israel	2006	86		2006	71		...	...
Italy	2006	96		2006	67		2006	34
Jamaica	2005	89	b	2005	68	b	2003	60	b
Japan	2006	65		2003	31		2006	18
Jordan	2003	64	b	2003	58		2006	21
Kazakhstan	2008	98		2008	86		2008	63
Kenya	2005	45	b	2005	38		...	...
Kiribati	2005	75		2005	47		...	...
Kuwait	2006	87		2006	53		2006	27
Kyrgyzstan	2007	97		2007	74		2007	56
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2006	46		2006	43		2006	34
Latvia	2006	97		2006	85		2006	57
Lebanon	2007	85		2007	54		2007	38
Lesotho	2006	78		2006	55		2006	47
Liberia	2008	12		2000	26		2001	16
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	...	...		...	...		2002	13
Liechtenstein	2006	75		2006	47		...	...
Lithuania	2006	98		2006	81		2006	53
Luxembourg	2006	72		2006	47		...	...
Madagascar	2007	61		2006	47		2007	30
Malawi	...	...		2002	24		2007	34
Malaysia	2005	66		2005	63		2005	48
Maldives	2006	70		2003	35		2003	67
Mali	2007	27		2000	13		...	...
Malta	2005	86		2005	57		2005	23
Marshall Islands	2003	34	b	2003	39	b	2003	51	b
Mauritania	2007	35		2006	11		2006	4
Mauritius	2007	65		2007	56		1999	26
Mexico	2006	67		2006	47		...	...
Monaco	2004	80	b	2004	66	b	...	...
Mongolia	2007	95		2007	74		2007	56
Montserrat	2006	100		2006	63		...	...
Morocco	2007	47		2004	33		2007	19
Mozambique	2006	26		2006	16		2005	21
Myanmar	2006	82		2006	82		2001	70
Namibia	2007	65		2006	50		2006	42
Nauru	2006	92		2006	88		...	...
Nepal	2007	32		2003	14		...	...
Netherlands	...	...		2006	46		2006	36
Netherlands Antilles	2003	86	b	2003	55	b	2002	46	b
New Zealand	2006	83		2006	61		2006	50
Nicaragua	2006	74		2006	53		2003	46
Niger	2006	40		2006	17		2006	6
Nigeria	2005	51		2005	36		2004	17
Niue	2005	100	b	2005	68	b	...	...
Norway	2004	73	b	2004	58	b	2006	40	b
Occupaid Palestinian Territories	2007	67		2007	49		2007	17
Oman	2006	65	b	2006	52	b	2007	29	b
Pakistan	2007	46		2004	51		2007	37
Palau	2000	79		2000	59		2002	46	b
Panama	2007	76		2007	58		2006	46
Papua New Guinea	2006	43	b	...	...		1999	20	b
Paraguay	2004	72	b	2004	62	b	...	...
Peru	2006	64		2006	45		...	...
Philippines	2006	87		2006	76		2005	56
Poland	2006	84		2006	69		2006	42
Portugal	2006	81		2006	66		2006	43
Qatar	2007	81		2007	64		2007	37
Republic of Korea	2006	76		2006	52		2006	31
Republic of Moldova	2007	97		2007	76		2007	58
Romania	2006	87		2006	67		2006	43
Russian Federation	2006	98		2006	80		2006	57
Rwanda	2007	53		2007	53		2005	12
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2005	86		2005	60		...	...
Saint Lucia	2007	87		2007	66		2006	47
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2007	77		2007	62		...	...
Samoa	2007	78		2004	60		2001	43
San Marino	2000	91		...	...		...	...
Sao Tome and Principe	2006	55	b	2006	13	b	...	...
Saudi Arabia	...	...		...	...		2006	33
Senegal	2007	28		2005	14		...	...
Seychelles	2007	85		2007	55		...	...
Sierra Leone	2007	26		2007	16		2002	15
Singapore	2006	83		2006	67		...	...
Slovakia	2006	89		2006	73		2006	42
Slovenia	2006	97		2006	71		2006	34
Solomon Islands	...	...		2000	33		...	...
South Africa	2005	76		2005	52		2006	51
Spain	2006	70		2006	57		2006	39
Sri Lanka	2006	84		2004	63		...	...
Sudan	2007	64		2007	52		2000	23
Suriname	2007	92		2007	60		2002	48
Swaziland	2005	73		2005	46		2006	40
Sweden	2006	81		2006	59		2006	43
Switzerland	...	...		...	...		2006	31
Syrian Arab Republic	2002	69		2002	51		...	...
Tajikistan	2007	64		2007	49		2007	32
Thailand	2007	60		2007	54		2007	53
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2005	70		2005	53		2005	44
Timor-Leste	2007	32		2007	23		2002	9
Togo	2007	12		2005	7		2000	10
Tokelau	2004	69		2004	44		...	...
Tonga	2004	63		2002	52		2000	23
Trinidad and Tobago	2005	72	a	2005	62	a	2005	33	a
Tunisia	2006	52		2006	49		2006	41
Turkey	...	...		...	...		2006	39
Turks and Caicos Islands	2005	89	b	2005	62	b	...	...
Tuvalu	2003	80		...	...		...	...
Uganda	2006	39		2005	22		2004	19
Ukraine	2007	99		2006	79		...	...
United Arab Emirates	2007	85		2006	55		2007	31
United Kingdom	2006	81		2006	61		2006	41
United Republic of Tanzania	2006	48		...	...		2005	17
United States	2006	89		2006	62		2006	45
Uruguay	1999	92		1999	72		...	...
Uzbekistan	2007	85		2007	63		2007	36
Vanuatu	2004	54		2002	36		...	...
Venezuela	2005	81		2005	63		2000	38
Viet Nam	2006	78		2006	64		2005	40
Yemen	2000	20	b	2003	21		2005	16
Zambia	2007	48		2007	39		...	...
Zimbabwe	2003	51		2003	40		...	...

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Calculated by the United Nations Statistics Division based on data published by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics in table 4: Teaching staff by ISCED level, available from UIS website, http://www.uis.unesco.org (accessed June 2009).

Footnotes:

…	Not available.
a	National estimation.
b	UIS estimation.

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Technical notes:

Statistics on teachers (teaching staff) are compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics (UIS) from data provided by national Governments.

Teachers refer to 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. Excluded from this category are 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.

Definitions of primary, secondary and tertiary education are elaborated in the 1997 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97). A concise definition of each is given under tables 4b, 4c and 4d.

The percentage of female teachers at each level of education refers to the number of female teachers at each level of education expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers (male and female) at the same level in a given school-year. This indicator shows the gender composition of the teaching force. It helps also in assessing the need for opportunities and/or incentives to encourage women and men to participate in teaching activities at a given level of education. A percentage of female teachers approaching 50% indicates gender parity in the composition of the teaching force at a given level of education. A value greater than 50% reveals a concentration of women in teaching at a specified level.

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