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Ministry of Education MalaysiaValues: female teachers · %IN BRIEF
EDUCATION · MALAYSIA
What share of government-school teachers are women?
Track the female share of primary and secondary government-school teachers across Malaysian states.
SHOW ME THE DATA2017 → 2025 · female teachers · %
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA RACE2017 — 2025
SourceMinistry of Education Malaysia
2017
1W.P. Putrajaya82
2Selangor80
3W.P. Kuala Lumpur78
4Pulau Pinang76
5Negeri Sembilan74
6Melaka73
7Johor71
8W.P. Labuan71
9Perak70
10Kedah68
11Terengganu68
12Pahang67
13Perlis66
14Kelantan62
15Sarawak62
16Sabah60
201720172025
Ministry of Education MalaysiaValues: female teachers · %SourceMinistry of Education Malaysia ↗03 Aug 2026 · data through 2025HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Teacher-gender composition is a workforce fact, not a measure of education quality.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSWorkforce composition, not teacher-effectiveness ranking.
PulseKita sums female primary and secondary teacher counts and divides them by the corresponding both-sex teacher total for each state and year.
- This describes workforce composition, not teacher effectiveness or subject specialisation.
- The teacher dataset covers primary and secondary government schools.
- Small percentage differences between states should not be over-interpreted.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceTeachers in Government Schools by District
- 2TransformationPulseKita sums female primary and secondary teacher counts and divides them by the corresponding both-sex teacher total for each state and year.
- 3Published visualAnimated race
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2017 → 2025
UNITfemale teachers · %
SOURCEmachine readable
UPDATED03 Aug 2026 · data through 2025