Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in UNICEF: Western Balkans
UNICEF: Western Balkans: Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 87.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in UNICEF: Western Balkans, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: Western Balkans recorded 87.6% for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in UNICEF: Western Balkans peaked at 87.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 79.6%, in 1997.
UNICEF: Western Balkans ranks 14th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in UNICEF: Western Balkans, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 79.6% | — |
| 1998 | 79.8% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 80.2% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 80.2% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 79.9% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 80.2% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 80.5% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 80.8% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 81.1% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 81.5% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 81.9% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 82.4% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 82.8% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 85.3% | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 83.1% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 83.3% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 83.7% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 84.5% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 85.2% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 85.4% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 85.9% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 86.1% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 86.3% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 86.5% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 86.6% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 86.9% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 87.1% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 87.6% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 79.8% | 79.6% | 80.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 81.1% | 79.9% | 82.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.9% | 83.1% | 86.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.9% | 86.5% | 87.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Western Balkans
- 11 Lithuania 96.1% compare
- 12 Suriname 95.5% compare
- 13 Hungary 95.2% compare
- 14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 94.6% compare
- 15 Bulgaria 94.2% compare
- 16 Azerbaijan 94.2% compare
- 17 Antigua and Barbuda 94.1% compare
More education data for UNICEF: Western Balkans
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -2.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 571,333 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 544,823 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.7018 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 316,196 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45,751 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in UNICEF: Western Balkans?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in UNICEF: Western Balkans was 87.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Western Balkans?
- The highest recorded value was 87.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Western Balkans?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.6% in 1997.
- How does UNICEF: Western Balkans rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- UNICEF: Western Balkans ranks 14th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in UNICEF: Western Balkans?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Western Balkans 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