Table 4:
Gender imbalance amongst teachers
Above 90%
Armenia, Bahamas, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Between 25 and 50%
Afghanistan, Algeria, Burundi, Cambodia,
Mongolia, Czech Republic, Italy, Latvia,
Cameroon, China, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea,
Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Slovakia,
Ethiopia, Gabon, India, Kenya, Laos, Malawi,
Slovenia, Ukraine
Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman,
Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey,
Between 75% and 90%
Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Botswana,
Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Dominica,
Estonia, France, Germany, Guyana, Hungary,
Below 25%
Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, DR
Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kyrgyzstan,
Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Guinea,
Lesotho, Malta, New Zealand, Nicaragua,
Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal,
Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Seychelles, Sri
Pakistan, Senegal, Togo
Lanka, Suriname, St Kitts and Nevis, St
Between 50 and 75%
Lucia, Swaziland, United Kingdom, Uzbeki-
Source: UNESCO – World Education Report 1998, pp. 144–147; the figures refer to
stan, Venezuela, USA, Yugoslavia
1995.
Albania, Bahrain, Belgium, Belize, Brunei
Darussalam, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile,
Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, FYROM, Greece,
Grenada, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,
Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Korea, Kuwait,
Madagascar, Malaysia, Myanmar, Namibia,
Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Samoa, Saudi
Arabia, South Africa, Spain, St Vincent and
Grenadines, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland,
Syria, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago,
United Arab Emirates
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