Puerto Rico vs WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female
Puerto Rico
87.1%
in 2018
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
77.5%
in 2024
Puerto Rico rank
56th
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank
56th
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female over time
- Puerto Rico
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 87.1% against 77.5% in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), a difference of 9.6%.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.1 times WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)'s.
Across all 8 years both countries report, Puerto Rico has been ahead every year.
Puerto Rico ranks 56th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 56th of 212 countries.
Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher percentage of teachers in primary education who are female, Puerto Rico or WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Puerto Rico, at 87.1% against 77.5% in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) as of 2018.
- What is the difference in percentage of teachers in primary education who are female between Puerto Rico and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- 9.6%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2018.
- How do Puerto Rico and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank globally for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- Puerto Rico ranks 56th and WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 56th of 212 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release