Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200): Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled was 4.85 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200), 1975–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) recorded 4.85 million for teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) peaked at 4.85 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.52 million, in 1979.
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) ranks 35th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 3.58 million | — |
| 1976 | 3.56 million | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 3.53 million | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 3.52 million | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 3.52 million | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 3.65 million | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 3.59 million | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 3.66 million | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 3.65 million | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 3.66 million | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 3.68 million | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 3.68 million | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 3.72 million | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 4.00 million | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 3.93 million | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 3.84 million | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 3.88 million | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 4.05 million | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 3.99 million | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 4.08 million | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 4.06 million | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 4.13 million | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 4.21 million | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 4.21 million | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 4.23 million | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 4.28 million | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 4.32 million | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 4.32 million | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 4.32 million | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 4.41 million | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 4.40 million | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 4.40 million | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4.42 million | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 4.42 million | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 4.42 million | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 4.46 million | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 4.48 million | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 4.46 million | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 4.43 million | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 4.46 million | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 4.56 million | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 4.67 million | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 4.73 million | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 4.81 million | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 4.75 million | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 4.70 million | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 4.80 million | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 4.82 million | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 4.85 million | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 4.85 million | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.54 million | 3.52 million | 3.58 million | 5 |
| 1980s | 3.72 million | 3.59 million | 4.00 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.07 million | 3.84 million | 4.23 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.37 million | 4.28 million | 4.42 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.58 million | 4.43 million | 4.81 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.80 million | 4.70 million | 4.85 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
More education data for ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 29.36 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 794,026 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 34.83 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0726 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.1056 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 112.88 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 84.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) was 4.85 million in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled recorded in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.85 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled recorded in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.52 million in 1979.
- How does ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) rank for teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled?
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) ranks 35th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled rising or falling in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Teachers in primary education, female (number) with 851 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
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- Teachers in primary education, female UNESCO Institute for Statistics
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About this data
Teachers in primary education, female (number) with 851 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.