Share of primary school teachers who are women in Malaysia
Malaysia: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 70.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Malaysia, 1980–2024
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 Malaysia is 70.1%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Malaysia peaked at 70.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 44.2%, in 1980.
That places Malaysia 140th 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 43 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 49.4% | 44.2% | 56.0% | 9 |
| 1990s | 59.9% | 56.8% | 66.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 67.3% | 65.7% | 69.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.4% | 68.7% | 69.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.4% | 69.8% | 70.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More education data for Malaysia
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 90.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 273,792 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.54 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 90.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Malaysia?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Malaysia was 70.1% 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 70.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.2% in 1980.
- How does Malaysia rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Malaysia ranks 140th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.