Teachers in primary education, female (number) in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204): Teachers in primary education, female (number) was 1.27 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for teachers in primary education, female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) is 1.27 million, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) peaked at 1.27 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 603,222, in 1970.
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 129th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, female (number) in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 603,222 | — |
| 1971 | 754,532 | +25.1% |
| 1972 | 776,972 | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 778,068 | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 796,242 | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 810,064 | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 818,436 | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 839,006 | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 849,117 | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 857,215 | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 866,114 | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 864,498 | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 866,159 | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 869,360 | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 877,073 | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 881,203 | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 895,845 | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 894,292 | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 894,739 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 875,016 | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 901,940 | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 917,392 | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 922,385 | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 941,810 | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 991,804 | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 965,507 | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 985,555 | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 989,459 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 988,145 | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 996,402 | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 1.03 million | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 1.04 million | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 1.05 million | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 1.05 million | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1.05 million | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1.08 million | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 1.10 million | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.13 million | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 1.15 million | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.15 million | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.17 million | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 1.19 million | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 1.17 million | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.16 million | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.15 million | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.16 million | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.19 million | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 1.20 million | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 1.22 million | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 1.23 million | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1.24 million | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1.26 million | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.26 million | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.27 million | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1.27 million | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Teachers in primary education, female (number) in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +25.1% | 603,222 | 754,532 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 788,287 | 603,222 | 857,215 | 10 |
| 1980s | 878,430 | 864,498 | 895,845 | 10 |
| 1990s | 960,040 | 901,940 | 996,402 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.08 million | 1.03 million | 1.15 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.19 million | 1.15 million | 1.23 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.26 million | 1.24 million | 1.27 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
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 primary education, female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- Teachers in primary education, female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) was 1.27 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The lowest recorded value was 603,222 in 1970.
- How does ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) rank for teachers in primary education, female?
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 129th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. 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 primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release