Female teachers in primary education as a share of total rose 1.83% to 55.4% in India in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, female teachers in primary education as a share of total in India reached an all time high of 55.4% in 2020 and an all time low of 24.3% in 1971.
India has been ranked 96th within the group of 118 countries we follow in terms of female teachers in primary education as a share of total, 96 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Female Teachers, Primary Education (As % of Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Afghanistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.5% | 34.0% | 34.8% | 36.1% | 36.2% | ... | ... | |||||||
| Bangladesh | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 59.5% | 60.3% | 61.3% | 61.3% | 60.4% | |||||||||
| Bhutan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40.0% | 40.5% | 40.9% | 40.3% | 41.0% | |||||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | 62.6% | 64.0% | 65.6% | 67.4% | 69.0% | |||||||||||||
| India | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 49.5% | 50.7% | 51.2% | ... | 54.4% | ||||||||
| Iran | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 65.3% | 66.9% | 67.4% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Malaysia | % | 69.5% | 69.6% | 69.6% | 69.4% | 69.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | 71.3% | 73.6% | 70.3% | 70.8% | 75.8% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | 82.8% | 82.3% | 80.3% | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 50.4% | 51.0% | 54.7% | 54.2% | 55.7% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | 98.8% | 98.9% | 95.6% | 99.2% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | ... | 86.4% | 86.7% | 87.4% | 87.7% | 87.9% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 87.1% | ... | 87.1% | ... | 86.8% | ... |
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