Share of primary school teachers who are women in Egypt
Egypt: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 66.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Egypt, 1971–2024
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 Egypt stood at 66.2%.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Egypt peaked at 66.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 45.7%, in 1979.
That places Egypt 149th out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 47.9% | 45.7% | 53.0% | 5 |
| 1980s | 47.9% | 46.6% | 49.2% | 7 |
| 1990s | 52.4% | 49.5% | 53.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 53.9% | 51.8% | 55.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 59.4% | 52.9% | 62.3% | 5 |
| 2020s | 65.0% | 62.9% | 66.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 146 French Polynesia 67.3% compare
- 147 Denmark 67.2% compare
- 148 Guatemala 67.1% compare
- 150 Bangladesh 65.9% compare
- 151 Bolivia 65.6% compare
- 152 American Samoa 65.1% compare
More education data for Egypt
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 483,053 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.73 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Egypt?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Egypt was 66.2% 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 66.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.7% in 1979.
- How does Egypt rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Egypt ranks 149th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.