Share of primary school teachers who are women in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 44.4% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Equatorial Guinea, 1974–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2015, share of primary school teachers who are women in Equatorial Guinea stood at 44.4%. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.0% on the previous year and up 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 44.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 23.7%, in 2000.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 191st of 212 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26.2% | 26.2% | 26.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 27.5% | 26.6% | 28.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 31.1% | 23.7% | 39.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 39.8% | 35.8% | 44.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More education data for Equatorial Guinea
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 47.5% (2015)
- Primary education, teachers 4,021 (2015)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.12 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 47.5% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Equatorial Guinea?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Equatorial Guinea was 44.4% in 2015, 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 44.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.7% in 2000.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 191st out of 212 countries with data for 2015.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.