Share of primary school teachers who are women in India
India: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 58.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in India, 1971–2025
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 India is 58.6%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in India peaked at 58.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 24.3%, in 1971.
India ranks 166th of 212 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 24.5% | 24.3% | 24.8% | 6 |
| 1990s | 35.6% | 35.6% | 35.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 37.9% | 35.6% | 44.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 50.5% | 48.2% | 54.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 56.6% | 55.4% | 58.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
More education data for India
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 111.0% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 5.19 million (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.96 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in India?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in India was 58.6% 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 58.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.3% in 1971.
- How does India rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- India ranks 166th out of 212 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.