Share of primary school teachers who are women in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 83.2% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Turkmenistan, 2019–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Turkmenistan recorded 83.2% for share of primary school teachers who are women in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Turkmenistan ranks 75th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 82.6% | 82.6% | 82.6% | 1 |
| 2020s | 82.6% | 82.2% | 83.2% | 5 |
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More education data for Turkmenistan
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 95.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 24,978 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.66 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 95.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Turkmenistan?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Turkmenistan was 83.2% 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 Turkmenistan?
- The highest recorded value was 83.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.2% in 2021.
- How does Turkmenistan rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Turkmenistan ranks 75th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Turkmenistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Turkmenistan 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.