Share of primary school teachers who are women in Hungary
Hungary: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 95.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Hungary, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of primary school teachers who are women in Hungary stood at 95.2%.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Hungary peaked at 97.0% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 80.8%, in 1994.
Hungary ranks 13th of 212 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 85.6% | 80.8% | 91.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 91.7% | 84.3% | 96.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.2% | 95.6% | 97.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.4% | 95.2% | 95.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More education data for Hungary
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 37,255 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.49 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Hungary?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Hungary was 95.2% in 2024, 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 Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 97.0% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.8% in 1994.
- How does Hungary rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Hungary ranks 13th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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.