Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: High Income (july 2025)
WB: High Income (july 2025): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 83.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: High Income (july 2025), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: High Income (july 2025) is 83.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: High Income (july 2025) peaked at 83.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 75.1%, in 1972.
That places WB: High Income (july 2025) 40th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: High Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 76.1% | — |
| 1971 | 75.3% | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 75.1% | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 75.4% | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 75.4% | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 75.3% | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 75.7% | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 75.5% | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 75.5% | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 76.6% | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 75.5% | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 75.4% | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 75.5% | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 75.8% | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 76.1% | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 76.3% | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 76.5% | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 76.7% | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 77.3% | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 77.5% | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 77.5% | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 77.9% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 78.5% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 78.5% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 79.0% | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 79.1% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 79.2% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 79.6% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 80.5% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 80.6% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 80.8% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 81.3% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 81.6% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 81.8% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 82.1% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 82.2% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 82.2% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 82.0% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 81.5% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 81.8% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 82.1% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 82.2% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 82.2% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 82.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 82.2% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 82.5% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 82.7% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 82.7% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 83.0% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 82.9% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 83.0% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 83.2% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 83.4% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 83.5% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 75.6% | 75.1% | 76.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 76.3% | 75.4% | 77.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 79.0% | 77.5% | 80.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.7% | 80.8% | 82.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.5% | 82.1% | 83.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.3% | 83.0% | 83.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: High Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: High Income (july 2025)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 54.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0898 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 51.82 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.1159 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 106.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 43.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0538 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in WB: High Income (july 2025) was 83.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 83.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.1% in 1972.
- How does WB: High Income (july 2025) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- WB: High Income (july 2025) ranks 40th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: High Income (july 2025) 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