Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 82.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) stood at 82.7%. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) peaked at 82.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 70.7%, in 1980.
That places WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 41st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 72.1% | — |
| 1973 | 73.4% | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 73.5% | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 73.2% | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 72.9% | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 72.4% | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 72.6% | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 72.8% | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 70.7% | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 70.9% | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 71.9% | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 71.9% | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 72.1% | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 72.1% | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 71.8% | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 71.8% | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 72.4% | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 71.4% | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 72.9% | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 73.5% | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 73.1% | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 73.4% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 73.8% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 73.4% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 73.4% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 74.3% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 74.7% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 74.8% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 74.7% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 74.9% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 74.6% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 75.1% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 75.1% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 75.1% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 75.4% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 75.2% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 75.4% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 76.5% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 76.5% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 76.7% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 77.1% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 79.3% | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 79.4% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 79.8% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 80.2% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 81.3% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 81.9% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 82.2% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 82.0% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 82.4% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 82.5% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 82.5% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 82.7% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 72.9% | 72.1% | 73.5% | 8 |
| 1980s | 71.7% | 70.7% | 72.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.7% | 72.9% | 74.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.2% | 74.6% | 76.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.4% | 76.5% | 82.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.4% | 82.0% | 82.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
More education data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8629 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 906,553 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1924 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.8854 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 12.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) was 82.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 82.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.7% in 1980.
- How does WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 41st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 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