Share of primary school teachers who are women in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 58.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Saudi Arabia, 1979–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 58.8% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.2% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Saudi Arabia peaked at 58.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 34.7%, in 1979.
That places Saudi Arabia 165th out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34.7% | 34.7% | 34.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 51.3% | 49.7% | 52.5% | 4 |
| 2010s | 51.8% | 50.0% | 53.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.4% | 52.8% | 58.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More education data for Saudi Arabia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 73.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 244,652 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.31 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Saudi Arabia?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Saudi Arabia was 58.8% 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 58.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.7% in 1979.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 165th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.