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India: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female

597,016count · 2019+290.7% since 2001

Total number of female teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5-8). 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. Annual figures for India from 1972 to 2019.

19722019

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2019597,016
2018577,227
2017554,351
2016533,200
2015510,424
2014483,313
2013510,945
2004215,508
2003158,510
2002158,372
2001152,796
2000147,525
198767,429
198663,517
198560,307
198458,362
198050,560
197942,331
197843,017
197741,955
197639,272
197537,984
197334,046
197232,096

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-teachers-in-tertiary-education-programmes-female (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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