Share of primary school teachers who are women in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 92.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Tuvalu, 1994–2025
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 Tuvalu is 92.5%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Tuvalu peaked at 96.6% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 78.3%, in 1994.
Tuvalu ranks 23rd of 212 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 78.3% | 78.3% | 78.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 80.4% | 80.0% | 80.8% | 3 |
| 2010s | 84.4% | 79.2% | 96.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 89.3% | 82.5% | 95.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
- 20 Romania 93.2% compare
- 21 Uzbekistan 93.2% compare
- 22 British Virgin Islands 92.7% compare
- 24 San Marino 92.2% compare
- 25 Latvia 92.1% compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 91.4% compare
More education data for Tuvalu
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.9% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 107 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.17 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Tuvalu?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Tuvalu was 92.5% in 2025, 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 Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 96.6% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.3% in 1994.
- How does Tuvalu rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Tuvalu ranks 23rd out of 212 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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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About this data
Percentage of female teachers among all teachers at the primary education level during a given school year.