Share of primary school teachers who are women in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 87.1% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Puerto Rico, 2010–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 87.1% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Puerto Rico peaked at 87.1% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 81.1%, in 2012.
That places Puerto Rico 56th out of 212 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 53 Germany 87.3% compare
- 54 Guyana 87.3% compare
- 55 Poland 87.1% compare
- 57 Netherlands 87.0% compare
- 58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 86.6% compare
- 59 United Kingdom 86.4% compare
More education data for Puerto Rico
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 11.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.5% (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 87.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 15,316 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 0.939 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 88.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Puerto Rico?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Puerto Rico was 87.1% in 2018, 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 87.1% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.1% in 2012.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Puerto Rico ranks 56th out of 212 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.