Share of primary school teachers who are women in Guinea
Guinea: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 40.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Guinea, 1975–2020
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 Guinea is 40.9%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 42.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Guinea peaked at 40.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 1976.
That places Guinea 197th out of 212 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.8% | 9.7% | 13.5% | 4 |
| 1980s | 17.9% | 13.7% | 21.7% | 9 |
| 1990s | 23.6% | 21.1% | 25.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.3% | 23.6% | 27.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.8% | 28.8% | 30.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 40.9% | 40.9% | 40.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 194 Uganda 43.1% compare
- 195 Afghanistan 41.6% compare
- 196 Mauritania 41.3% compare
- 198 Cote d'Ivoire 37.9% compare
- 199 Djibouti 37.4% compare
- 200 Senegal 34.5% compare
More education data for Guinea
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.5% (2020)
- Primary education, teachers 43,914 (2020)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.13 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.8% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Guinea?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Guinea was 40.9% in 2020, 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 Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 40.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 1976.
- How does Guinea rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Guinea ranks 197th out of 212 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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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About this data
Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.