Share of primary school teachers who are women in Cambodia
Cambodia: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 60.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Cambodia, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 60.1% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2024. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Cambodia peaked at 60.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.7%, in 1971.
That places Cambodia 163rd out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15.6% | 14.7% | 16.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 27.9% | 24.8% | 29.8% | 3 |
| 1990s | 35.1% | 30.7% | 37.3% | 7 |
| 2000s | 41.4% | 38.5% | 45.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.8% | 46.2% | 58.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.1% | 58.4% | 60.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More education data for Cambodia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 29.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 109.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 46,016 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.55 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 106.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Cambodia?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Cambodia was 60.1% 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 Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 60.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.7% in 1971.
- How does Cambodia rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Cambodia ranks 163rd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.