Share of primary school teachers who are women in Bhutan
Bhutan: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 45.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Bhutan, 1970–2024
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 Bhutan stood at 45.8%. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Bhutan peaked at 45.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.9%, in 1971.
Bhutan ranks 189th of 212 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18.1% | 11.9% | 25.8% | 6 |
| 1990s | 32.8% | 32.0% | 33.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 35.6% | 34.5% | 38.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 40.8% | 39.4% | 43.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 43.7% | 41.1% | 45.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More education data for Bhutan
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 73.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 3,372 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.45 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 119.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Bhutan?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Bhutan was 45.8% 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 45.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.9% in 1971.
- How does Bhutan rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Bhutan ranks 189th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.