Share of primary school teachers who are women in Indonesia
Indonesia: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 72.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Indonesia, 1970–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 72.4% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2025. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Indonesia peaked at 72.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 31.8%, in 1970.
Indonesia ranks 131st of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 35.2% | 31.8% | 36.6% | 4 |
| 1980s | 43.9% | 32.8% | 49.7% | 3 |
| 1990s | 51.3% | 50.0% | 52.3% | 8 |
| 2000s | 56.2% | 52.0% | 61.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.1% | 62.1% | 68.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 70.8% | 69.5% | 72.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More education data for Indonesia
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 1.51 million (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.12 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Indonesia?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Indonesia was 72.4% 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 Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 72.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.8% in 1970.
- How does Indonesia rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Indonesia ranks 131st out of 212 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 40 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.