Share of primary school teachers who are women in Vietnam
Vietnam: Share of primary school teachers who are women was 79.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of primary school teachers who are women in Vietnam, 1976–2024
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 Vietnam is 79.0%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary school teachers who are women in Vietnam peaked at 79.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 50.7%, in 1978.
Vietnam ranks 97th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 58.4% | 50.7% | 64.7% | 4 |
| 1980s | 67.7% | 64.3% | 70.8% | 4 |
| 1990s | 76.4% | 74.2% | 77.5% | 4 |
| 2000s | 77.9% | 77.3% | 78.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.2% | 74.8% | 78.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 78.9% | 78.6% | 79.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
- 94 Costa Rica 79.6% compare
- 95 Ecuador 79.4% compare
- 96 Qatar 79.1% compare
- 98 South Africa 78.5% compare
- 99 Tonga 78.2% compare
- 100 Dominican Republic 77.9% compare
More education data for Vietnam
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 380,535 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.9 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary school teachers who are women in Vietnam?
- Share of primary school teachers who are women in Vietnam was 79.0% 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 Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 79.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of primary school teachers who are women recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.7% in 1978.
- How does Vietnam rank for share of primary school teachers who are women?
- Vietnam ranks 97th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of primary school teachers who are women rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam 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.