Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 87.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
87.5%
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
15th
of 221 groups
All-time high
87.5%
in 2024
All-time low
79.0%
in 1980
Years of data
45
1980–2024
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd), 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) stood at 87.5%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 87.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 79.0%, in 1980.
WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) ranks 15th 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 WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 79.0% | — |
| 1981 | 79.7% | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 79.9% | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 80.1% | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 80.3% | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 80.4% | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 80.7% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 80.6% | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 81.0% | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 81.2% | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 81.9% | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 82.4% | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 82.3% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 82.4% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 82.6% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 82.7% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 82.7% | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 83.0% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 83.0% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 82.8% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 82.7% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 82.6% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 82.5% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 82.9% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 83.3% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 82.6% | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 82.6% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 82.4% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 82.2% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 82.7% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 82.8% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 83.1% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 83.4% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 84.9% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 85.0% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 85.2% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 85.5% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 85.5% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 86.2% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 86.5% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 87.0% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 87.3% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 87.4% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 87.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 87.5% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 80.3% | 79.0% | 81.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 82.6% | 81.9% | 83.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 82.6% | 82.2% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.8% | 82.8% | 86.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.3% | 87.0% | 87.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)
- 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
- 18 Italy 93.8% compare
More education data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 11.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.5726 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5449 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 15.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 8.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 8.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 180,868 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) was 87.5% 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 87.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.0% in 1980.
- How does WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) ranks 15th 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 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