Share of primary school teachers who are women in Dominica
Dominica: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 88.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Dominica, 1973–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 88.9% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2023.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Dominica peaked at 89.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 71.4%, in 1977.
Dominica ranks 41st of 212 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 74.6% | 71.4% | 77.4% | 4 |
| 1990s | 78.9% | 75.5% | 80.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 83.0% | 79.1% | 86.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.8% | 84.2% | 88.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 89.1% | 88.6% | 89.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
More education data for Dominica
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 552 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.48 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Dominica?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Dominica was 88.9% 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 Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 89.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.4% in 1977.
- How does Dominica rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Dominica ranks 41st out of 212 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica 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.