Share of primary school teachers who are women in Malta
Malta: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 85.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Malta, 1974–2024
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 Malta is 85.8%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Malta peaked at 87.0% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 65.5%, in 1977.
Malta ranks 63rd of 212 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 67.0% | 65.5% | 68.5% | 3 |
| 1990s | 85.3% | 81.2% | 86.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.5% | 85.2% | 87.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 85.0% | 81.5% | 85.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 86.1% | 85.8% | 86.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 60 Saint Lucia 86.2% compare
- 61 Israel 86.2% compare
- 62 North Macedonia 86.0% compare
- 64 Palau 85.4% compare
- 65 Maldives 85.3% compare
- 66 Cayman Islands 84.8% compare
More education data for Malta
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.7% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 1,941 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.11 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Malta?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Malta was 85.8% 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 87.0% in 2008.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.5% in 1977.
- How does Malta rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Malta ranks 63rd out of 212 regions with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.