Share of primary school teachers who are women in Greece
Greece: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 75.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Greece, 1971–2023
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 Greece is 75.6%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Greece peaked at 75.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 47.1%, in 1976.
That places Greece 121st out of 212 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 47.7% | 47.1% | 48.5% | 9 |
| 1980s | 48.6% | 47.8% | 50.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.7% | 51.3% | 56.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 63.7% | 62.2% | 65.3% | 4 |
| 2010s | 70.9% | 69.6% | 72.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 74.4% | 73.1% | 75.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 70,680 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.34 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Greece?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Greece was 75.6% 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 75.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.1% in 1976.
- How does Greece rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Greece ranks 121st out of 212 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.