Share of primary school teachers who are women in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 98.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Kyrgyzstan, 1981–2025
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 Kyrgyzstan is 98.9%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 98.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 81.6%, in 1986.
That places Kyrgyzstan 4th out of 212 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 84.9% | 81.6% | 88.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 89.9% | 83.3% | 95.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 96.4% | 94.3% | 97.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.1% | 96.1% | 98.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.7% | 98.6% | 98.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kyrgyzstan
More education data for Kyrgyzstan
- Duration of pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.0% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers 26,847 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.78 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Kyrgyzstan was 98.9% 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 98.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.6% in 1986.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 4th out of 212 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan 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.