Share of primary school teachers who are women in Namibia
Namibia: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 70.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Namibia, 1992–2024
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 Namibia stood at 70.8%. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Namibia peaked at 70.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 64.2%, in 2004.
Namibia ranks 136th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 66.0% | 64.9% | 67.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 66.5% | 64.2% | 68.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 68.9% | 68.1% | 69.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 70.1% | 69.3% | 70.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More education data for Namibia
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 120.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 21,240 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.21 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 117.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Namibia?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Namibia was 70.8% 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 70.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.2% in 2004.
- How does Namibia rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Namibia ranks 136th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.