Share of primary school teachers who are women in Armenia
Armenia: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 89.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Armenia, 1991–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of primary school teachers who are women in Armenia stood at 89.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Armenia peaked at 99.7% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 88.8%, in 2019.
Armenia ranks 37th of 212 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 95.7% | 93.7% | 99.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 99.2% | 98.9% | 99.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 88.8% | 88.8% | 88.8% | 1 |
| 2020s | 89.2% | 88.9% | 89.5% | 5 |
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More education data for Armenia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 7,540 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.72 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Armenia?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Armenia was 89.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2007.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.8% in 2019.
- How does Armenia rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Armenia ranks 37th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary school teachers who are women. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.