Share of primary school teachers who are women in Czechia
Czechia: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 97.2% in 2012. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Czechia, 1993–2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of primary school teachers who are women in Czechia is 97.2%, measured in 2012.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Czechia peaked at 97.6% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 83.6%, in 2005.
That places Czechia 8th out of 212 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 89.9% | 84.5% | 93.1% | 6 |
| 2000s | 88.8% | 83.6% | 97.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.4% | 97.2% | 97.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More education data for Czechia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 25,979 (2013)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.46 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Czechia?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Czechia was 97.2% in 2012, 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 Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 97.6% in 2009.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.6% in 2005.
- How does Czechia rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Czechia ranks 8th out of 212 countries with data for 2012.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia 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.