Teachers in pre-primary education, female (number) (pre-primary) in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204): Teachers in pre-primary education, female (number) (pre-primary) was 855,677 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Teachers in pre-primary education, female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) recorded 855,677 for teachers in pre-primary education, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
The figure is up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in pre-primary education, female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) peaked at 855,677 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 374,619, in 1972.
That places ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 87th out of 215 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Teachers in pre-primary education, female (number) (pre-primary) in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 374,619 | — |
| 1973 | 376,234 | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 387,525 | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 395,424 | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 410,463 | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 425,965 | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 432,719 | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 451,686 | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 460,078 | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 479,623 | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 472,700 | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 475,522 | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 485,185 | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 481,663 | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 499,485 | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 484,582 | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 483,781 | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 495,818 | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 500,531 | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 513,489 | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 512,889 | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 506,216 | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 509,509 | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 497,955 | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 502,566 | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 515,176 | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 520,474 | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 547,828 | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 559,333 | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 572,543 | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 586,092 | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 639,507 | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 641,247 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 654,109 | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 674,538 | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 687,794 | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 701,993 | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 706,130 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 715,796 | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 733,370 | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 746,538 | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 767,792 | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 771,450 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 784,319 | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 788,574 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 794,565 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 805,818 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 811,210 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 828,711 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 841,620 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 851,331 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 855,677 | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 855,677 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 406,829 | 374,619 | 451,686 | 8 |
| 1980s | 481,844 | 460,078 | 499,485 | 10 |
| 1990s | 512,663 | 497,955 | 547,828 | 10 |
| 2000s | 642,329 | 559,333 | 706,130 | 10 |
| 2010s | 771,943 | 715,796 | 811,210 | 10 |
| 2020s | 846,603 | 828,711 | 855,677 | 5 |
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More education data for ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 187,449 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.09 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.83 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.002 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in pre-primary education, female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- Teachers in pre-primary education, female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) was 855,677 in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in pre-primary education, female recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The highest recorded value was 855,677 in 2024.
- What is the lowest teachers in pre-primary education, female recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The lowest recorded value was 374,619 in 1972.
- How does ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) rank for teachers in pre-primary education, female?
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 87th out of 215 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in pre-primary education, female rising or falling in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in pre-primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release