Share of primary school teachers who are women in Bahamas
Bahamas: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 91.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Bahamas, 1971–2024
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 Bahamas stood at 91.1%.
That represents a change of up 7.2% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Bahamas peaked at 96.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 63.4%, in 1999.
Bahamas ranks 30th of 212 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68.9% | 68.9% | 68.9% | 1 |
| 1980s | 68.3% | 67.7% | 68.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 81.8% | 63.4% | 91.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 87.1% | 80.9% | 96.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 92.5% | 89.8% | 93.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.4% | 85.0% | 92.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
More education data for Bahamas
- Population ages 15-64 70.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 92.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,497 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.37 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 91.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Bahamas?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Bahamas was 91.1% 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 Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 96.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.4% in 1999.
- How does Bahamas rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Bahamas ranks 30th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas 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.