Share of primary school teachers who are women in Croatia
Croatia: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 93.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Croatia, 1996–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 93.4% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2023.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Croatia peaked at 93.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 88.6%, in 1997.
That places Croatia 19th out of 212 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 88.9% | 88.6% | 89.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 90.3% | 89.3% | 92.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 93.1% | 92.5% | 93.6% | 9 |
| 2020s | 93.6% | 93.4% | 93.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
- 16 Azerbaijan 94.2% compare
- 17 Antigua and Barbuda 94.1% compare
- 18 Italy 93.8% compare
- 20 Romania 93.2% compare
- 21 Uzbekistan 93.2% compare
- 22 British Virgin Islands 92.7% compare
More education data for Croatia
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 13,441 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.47 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Croatia?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Croatia was 93.4% in 2023, 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 Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 93.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.6% in 1997.
- How does Croatia rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Croatia ranks 19th out of 212 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia 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.