Share of primary school teachers who are women in Qatar
Qatar: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 79.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Qatar, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of primary school teachers who are women in Qatar is 79.1%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Qatar peaked at 91.9% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 46.0%, in 1971.
Qatar ranks 96th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 53.7% | 46.0% | 59.8% | 9 |
| 1980s | 63.2% | 57.1% | 68.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.3% | 55.0% | 79.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 83.7% | 82.0% | 85.5% | 7 |
| 2010s | 85.2% | 79.6% | 91.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.1% | 76.8% | 79.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
More education data for Qatar
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 83.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 14,931 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.72 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Qatar?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Qatar was 79.1% 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 Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 91.9% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.0% in 1971.
- How does Qatar rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Qatar ranks 96th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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.