Share of primary school teachers who are women in Italy
Italy: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 93.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Italy, 1971–2024
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 Italy is 93.8%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Italy peaked at 95.9% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 77.1%, in 1971.
Italy ranks 18th of 212 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 82.1% | 77.1% | 85.7% | 6 |
| 1980s | 88.4% | 86.7% | 89.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 92.0% | 89.9% | 94.6% | 8 |
| 2000s | 95.2% | 94.8% | 95.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 95.7% | 95.4% | 95.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 94.8% | 93.8% | 95.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 15 Bulgaria 94.2% compare
- 16 Azerbaijan 94.2% compare
- 17 Antigua and Barbuda 94.1% compare
- 19 Croatia 93.4% compare
- 20 Romania 93.2% compare
- 21 Uzbekistan 93.2% compare
More education data for Italy
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.6% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 250,961 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.21 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 103.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Italy?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Italy was 93.8% 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 95.9% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.1% in 1971.
- How does Italy rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Italy ranks 18th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.