Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 92.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 92.7%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 92.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 83.8%, in 1987.
GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 5th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 84.5% | — |
| 1981 | 86.0% | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 84.5% | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 84.4% | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 84.3% | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 84.2% | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 85.2% | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 83.8% | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 84.9% | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 85.2% | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 86.3% | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 86.8% | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 86.8% | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 86.6% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 86.8% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 85.4% | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 85.2% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 86.6% | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 87.6% | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 87.2% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 87.4% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 88.0% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 87.5% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 88.4% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 87.9% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 88.3% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 88.9% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 88.4% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 88.6% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 90.6% | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 90.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 90.3% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 90.1% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 90.4% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 90.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 90.9% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 91.8% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 91.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 92.1% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 92.3% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 92.4% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 92.6% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 92.5% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 92.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 92.7% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 84.7% | 83.8% | 86.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 86.5% | 85.2% | 87.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 88.4% | 87.4% | 90.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.1% | 90.1% | 92.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.5% | 92.4% | 92.7% | 5 |
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More education data for GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 352,674 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 29.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 92.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 92.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.8% in 1987.
- How does GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 5th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release