Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mexico
Mexico: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 70.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mexico, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 70.3% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2023. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Mexico peaked at 70.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 59.7%, in 1974.
That places Mexico 138th out of 212 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 61.1% | 59.7% | 62.1% | 5 |
| 1990s | 61.8% | 61.8% | 61.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 65.1% | 62.6% | 66.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.6% | 65.4% | 67.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.9% | 69.4% | 70.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More education data for Mexico
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 571,832 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.89 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Mexico?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Mexico was 70.3% in 2023, 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 70.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.7% in 1974.
- How does Mexico rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Mexico ranks 138th out of 212 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.