Share of primary school teachers who are women in Gambia
Gambia: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 46.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Gambia, 1971–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of primary school teachers who are women in Gambia stood at 46.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Gambia peaked at 46.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 28.7%, in 1997.
That places Gambia 188th out of 212 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 32.6% | 29.9% | 38.6% | 6 |
| 1980s | 32.9% | 31.1% | 36.2% | 6 |
| 1990s | 30.4% | 28.7% | 32.2% | 8 |
| 2000s | 32.7% | 31.8% | 34.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 33.0% | 30.0% | 36.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.1% | 40.0% | 46.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 185 Solomon Islands 47.5% compare
- 186 Mozambique 47.3% compare
- 187 Malawi 47.1% compare
- 189 Bhutan 45.8% compare
- 190 Ethiopia 44.8% compare
- 191 Equatorial Guinea 44.4% compare
More education data for Gambia
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 39.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 13,495 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.91 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 108.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Gambia?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Gambia was 46.5% in 2025, 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 46.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.7% in 1997.
- How does Gambia rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Gambia ranks 188th out of 212 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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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About this data
Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.