Share of primary school teachers who are women in Bahrain
Bahrain: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 77.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Bahrain, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 77.1% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2024. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Bahrain peaked at 77.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 41.1%, in 1974.
Bahrain ranks 107th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 45.1% | 41.1% | 47.2% | 7 |
| 1980s | 50.7% | 47.6% | 57.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.3% | 47.9% | 65.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 74.6% | 74.1% | 74.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 75.9% | 74.3% | 77.1% | 4 |
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More education data for Bahrain
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 77.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 9,404 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.8 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Bahrain?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Bahrain was 77.1% 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 Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 77.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.1% in 1974.
- How does Bahrain rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Bahrain ranks 107th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain 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.