Share of primary school teachers who are women in Norway
Norway: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 73.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Norway, 1971–2024
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 Norway stood at 73.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Norway peaked at 75.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 60.6%, in 1971.
Norway ranks 128th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 61.8% | 60.6% | 63.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 74.7% | 74.5% | 75.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 74.1% | 73.6% | 74.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 125 Lesotho 74.5% compare
- 126 Botswana 74.1% compare
- 127 French Guiana 73.9% compare
- 129 El Salvador 73.5% compare
- 131 Indonesia 72.4% compare
More education data for Norway
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 51,889 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.41 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Norway?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Norway was 73.6% 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 75.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.6% in 1971.
- How does Norway rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Norway ranks 128th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.