Share of primary school teachers who are women in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 76.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Luxembourg, 1970–2024
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 Luxembourg stood at 76.4%. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Luxembourg peaked at 76.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 48.2%, in 1989.
Luxembourg ranks 116th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 53.0% | 52.2% | 53.8% | 7 |
| 1980s | 50.0% | 48.2% | 51.1% | 9 |
| 1990s | 49.7% | 48.7% | 50.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 70.1% | 66.5% | 71.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 75.2% | 73.6% | 76.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 75.5% | 74.3% | 76.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
More education data for Luxembourg
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5,878 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.4 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 99.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Luxembourg?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Luxembourg was 76.4% 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 76.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.2% in 1989.
- How does Luxembourg rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Luxembourg ranks 116th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.