Share of primary school teachers who are women in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 62.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Vanuatu, 1970–2024
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 Vanuatu stood at 62.8%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Vanuatu peaked at 62.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.4%, in 1970.
Vanuatu ranks 157th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30.8% | 29.4% | 31.6% | 5 |
| 1980s | 38.4% | 37.6% | 39.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 45.5% | 40.3% | 49.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 52.7% | 50.4% | 54.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 56.3% | 53.9% | 58.6% | 4 |
| 2020s | 61.3% | 60.6% | 62.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
More education data for Vanuatu
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 112.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,892 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.57 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Vanuatu?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Vanuatu was 62.8% 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 62.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.4% in 1970.
- How does Vanuatu rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Vanuatu ranks 157th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.