Share of primary school teachers who are women in Jordan
Jordan: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 79.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Jordan, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 79.9% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Jordan peaked at 83.1% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 45.8%, in 1971.
That places Jordan 92nd out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 51.6% | 45.8% | 57.2% | 9 |
| 1980s | 64.4% | 58.3% | 68.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 66.4% | 65.3% | 67.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 64.0% | 64.0% | 64.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 77.8% | 70.4% | 83.1% | 5 |
| 2020s | 79.2% | 78.0% | 79.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
More education data for Jordan
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 30.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 64,348 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.6 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Jordan?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Jordan was 79.9% 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 Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 83.1% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.8% in 1971.
- How does Jordan rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Jordan ranks 92nd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan 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.