Female teachers in secondary education as a percentage of total rose 1.68% to 48.0% in India in 2023, according to World Bank.
Historically, female teachers in secondary education as a percentage of total in India reached an all time high of 48.0% in 2023 and an all time low of 23.0% in 1971.
India has been ranked 46th within the group of 62 countries we follow in terms of female teachers in secondary education as a percentage of total, 38 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Female Teachers, Secondary Education (As % of Total) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Afghanistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34.4% | 35.6% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Bangladesh | % | ... | ... | 22.0% | 22.4% | 21.7% | 26.2% | 20.9% | ||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | % | ... | ... | ... | 42.2% | 42.7% | 44.9% | 42.7% | 42.5% | ... | ||||||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | ... | 53.6% | 54.7% | 55.7% | 56.4% | 57.6% | |||||||||||||
| India | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 44.0% | ... | 46.0% | 46.5% | 46.8% | |||||||||||
| Iran | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53.5% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Japan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaysia | % | 67.4% | 67.4% | 67.2% | 68.0% | 67.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 49.1% | 50.5% | 58.1% | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 86.4% | 86.2% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Pakistan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 61.3% | 60.5% | 58.1% | ... | 57.9% | ... | |||||
| Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 80.8% | ... | ... | 82.5% | 82.8% | |||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 70.1% | 70.8% | 71.4% | 71.9% | 72.1% | ... | |
| USA | % | 62.6% | 62.6% | 62.5% | 62.5% | 62.8% | ... |
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