Share of primary school teachers who are women in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 47.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Solomon Islands, 1970–2019
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 Solomon Islands is 47.5%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.1% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Solomon Islands peaked at 47.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 20.7%, in 1971.
Solomon Islands ranks 185th of 212 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 25.9% | 20.7% | 29.1% | 6 |
| 1980s | 28.6% | 26.4% | 33.8% | 5 |
| 1990s | 40.6% | 40.6% | 40.6% | 1 |
| 2010s | 45.0% | 41.5% | 47.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More education data for Solomon Islands
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 81.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 5,327 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.51 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 80.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Solomon Islands?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Solomon Islands was 47.5% in 2019, 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 47.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.7% in 1971.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Solomon Islands ranks 185th out of 212 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.