Teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125): Teachers in primary education, female was 9,083 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
9,083
Change on year
down 0.7%
Rank
220th
of 221 groups
All-time high
9,508
in 2020
All-time low
2,914
in 1970
Years of data
54
1970–2023
Teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2023, teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) stood at 9,083.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) peaked at 9,508 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,914, in 1970.
That places ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 220th out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2,914 | — |
| 1971 | 2,926 | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 3,175 | +8.5% |
| 1973 | 3,419 | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 3,535 | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 3,791 | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 3,932 | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 4,122 | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 4,397 | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 4,484 | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 4,417 | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 4,556 | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 4,578 | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 4,593 | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 4,600 | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 4,737 | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 4,788 | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 5,061 | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 5,111 | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 5,098 | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 5,268 | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 5,210 | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 5,378 | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 5,400 | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 5,483 | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 5,457 | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 5,655 | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 5,956 | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 6,123 | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 6,314 | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 6,512 | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 6,975 | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 6,933 | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 7,481 | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 7,717 | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 7,740 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 8,003 | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 8,080 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 8,263 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 8,237 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 8,309 | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 8,452 | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 8,694 | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 9,057 | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 9,133 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 8,873 | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 8,991 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 8,703 | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 9,061 | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 9,244 | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 9,508 | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 9,460 | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 9,143 | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 9,083 | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3,670 | 2,914 | 4,484 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,754 | 4,417 | 5,111 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,624 | 5,210 | 6,314 | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,594 | 6,512 | 8,263 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,852 | 8,309 | 9,244 | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,298 | 9,083 | 9,508 | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 139,514 (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 132,877 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 72,041 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 15,332 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 169,203 (2023)
- School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 169,721 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 86,683 (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 95.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- Teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) was 9,083 in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The highest recorded value was 9,508 in 2020.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female recorded in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,914 in 1970.
- How does ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) rank for teachers in primary education, female?
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) ranks 220th out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release