Share of primary school teachers who are women in Kiribati
Kiribati: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 84.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Kiribati, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of primary school teachers who are women in Kiribati stood at 84.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Kiribati peaked at 85.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 35.2%, in 1972.
Kiribati ranks 70th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 41.4% | 35.2% | 48.5% | 5 |
| 1980s | 51.7% | 48.3% | 57.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 59.2% | 57.1% | 64.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.9% | 67.2% | 81.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 82.0% | 81.6% | 82.4% | 2 |
| 2020s | 84.3% | 82.5% | 85.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
- 67 New Zealand 84.6% compare
- 69 Aruba 84.4% compare
- 71 Cyprus 84.3% compare
- 72 Switzerland 83.5% compare
- 73 Mauritius 83.4% compare
More education data for Kiribati
- Population ages 15-64 61.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.4% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 95.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 734 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.12 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Kiribati?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Kiribati was 84.3% 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 Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 85.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.2% in 1972.
- How does Kiribati rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Kiribati ranks 70th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.