Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries
UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries: Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 83.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries recorded 83.6% for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries peaked at 83.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 72.3%, in 1980.
That places UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 39th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 73.5% | — |
| 1980 | 72.3% | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 72.7% | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 73.3% | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 73.4% | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 73.5% | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 73.6% | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 73.5% | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 73.4% | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 73.8% | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 73.1% | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 74.4% | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 75.0% | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 74.5% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 74.7% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 75.1% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 74.8% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 75.0% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 75.8% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 76.1% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 76.2% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 76.2% | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 76.3% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 76.0% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 76.5% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 76.4% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 76.4% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 76.6% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 76.5% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 76.6% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 77.5% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 77.6% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 77.7% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 78.1% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 80.3% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 80.4% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 80.8% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 81.1% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 82.1% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 82.7% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 83.1% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 82.9% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 83.3% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 83.4% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 83.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 83.6% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 73.5% | 73.5% | 73.5% | 1 |
| 1980s | 73.3% | 72.3% | 73.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 75.2% | 74.4% | 76.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.5% | 76.0% | 77.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.4% | 77.6% | 83.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.3% | 82.9% | 83.6% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 30.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8404 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.60 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 990,955 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.8196 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1442 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.19 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 15.72 million (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries was 83.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 83.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.3% in 1980.
- How does UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries ranks 39th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 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