Share of primary school teachers who are women in Iran
Iran: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 76.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Iran, 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 Iran is 76.6%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Iran peaked at 76.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 45.2%, in 1971.
Iran ranks 115th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 51.6% | 45.2% | 64.5% | 8 |
| 1980s | 53.3% | 51.7% | 57.0% | 7 |
| 1990s | 54.2% | 52.7% | 55.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 55.0% | 54.2% | 57.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 66.3% | 65.3% | 67.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 76.7% | 76.6% | 76.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Iran
More education data for Iran
- Duration of pre-primary education 1 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.0% (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 372,396 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.68 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Iran?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Iran was 76.6% 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 Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 76.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.2% in 1971.
- How does Iran rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Iran ranks 115th out of 212 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran 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.