Share of primary school teachers who are women in Turkey
Turkey: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 61.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Turkey, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of primary school teachers who are women in Turkey stood at 61.4%.
That represents a change of down 5.2% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Turkey peaked at 64.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 34.1%, in 1971.
That places Turkey 161st out of 212 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom 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 | 37.6% | 34.1% | 41.8% | 8 |
| 1980s | 41.4% | 40.6% | 41.9% | 8 |
| 1990s | 42.9% | 42.2% | 43.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 59.5% | 55.0% | 64.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 63.5% | 61.4% | 64.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More education data for Turkey
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.4% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 299,967 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.62 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Turkey?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Turkey was 61.4% in 2023, 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 Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 64.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.1% in 1971.
- How does Turkey rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Turkey ranks 161st out of 212 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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.