Share of primary school teachers who are women in Pakistan
Pakistan: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 51.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan stood at 51.9%.
That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Pakistan peaked at 56.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28.1%, in 1972.
That places Pakistan 179th out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 31.0% | 28.1% | 33.9% | 9 |
| 1980s | 32.3% | 31.2% | 33.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.0% | 33.0% | 33.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 45.4% | 44.2% | 47.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.8% | 47.2% | 55.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.8% | 51.9% | 56.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More education data for Pakistan
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 83.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 445,877 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.55 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 82.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Pakistan?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Pakistan was 51.9% 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 56.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.1% in 1972.
- How does Pakistan rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Pakistan ranks 179th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.