Share of primary school teachers who are women in France
France: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 83.0% in 2013. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in France, 1975–2013
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 France is 83.0%, measured in 2013. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in France peaked at 83.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 59.0%, in 1982.
France ranks 76th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 68.3% | 67.8% | 68.6% | 3 |
| 1980s | 66.1% | 59.0% | 67.6% | 7 |
| 1990s | 78.0% | 77.4% | 78.7% | 6 |
| 2000s | 81.1% | 78.7% | 82.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.8% | 82.7% | 83.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near France
More education data for France
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 229,471 (2013)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.64 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in France?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in France was 83.0% in 2013, 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 83.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.0% in 1982.
- How does France rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- France ranks 76th out of 212 countries with data for 2013.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 30 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.