Share of primary school teachers who are women in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 88.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1972–2024
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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines stood at 88.4%. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines peaked at 88.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 35.1%, in 1972.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 43rd of 212 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 39.0% | 35.1% | 42.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 63.0% | 62.2% | 63.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 68.3% | 66.7% | 70.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 75.2% | 70.7% | 86.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 81.5% | 77.9% | 85.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.3% | 86.3% | 88.4% | 5 |
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More education data for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 20.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 111.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,018 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.76 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was 88.4% 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The highest recorded value was 88.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.1% in 1972.
- How does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 43rd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.