Share of primary school teachers who are women in Syria
Syria: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 90.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Syria, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Syria recorded 90.5% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Syria peaked at 90.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.3%, in 1972.
Syria ranks 32nd of 212 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 44.0% | 36.3% | 50.8% | 9 |
| 1980s | 58.6% | 52.8% | 63.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.4% | 63.6% | 65.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.1% | 67.6% | 69.0% | 3 |
| 2020s | 90.2% | 90.0% | 90.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Syria
More education data for Syria
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.7% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 81.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 144,621 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.7 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 81.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Syria?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Syria was 90.5% 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 Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 90.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.3% in 1972.
- How does Syria rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Syria ranks 32nd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Syria 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.