What is the highest teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?

The highest recorded value was 0.0046 number per person in 1986.

What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0037 number per person in 2018.

How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita?

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 10th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.

Is teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?

Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean

Name: Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
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Latin America & Caribbean: Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita was 0.0037 number per person in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)

0.0037 number per person

Change on year

up 1.0%

Rank

10th

of 45 groups

All-time high

0.0046 number per person

in 1986

All-time low

0.0037 number per person

in 2018

Years of data

1970–2019

Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean, 1970–2019

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in number per person.

Analysis

In 2019, teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean stood at 0.0037 number per person.

That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 0.0046 number per person in 1986 and was at its lowest, 0.0037 number per person, in 2018.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 10th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 50 years of available data.

Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year

Annual values for Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean, 1970 to 2019.
Year	number per person	Change
1970	0.0038 number per person	—
1971	0.0039 number per person	+2.5%
1972	0.0039 number per person	+0.4%
1973	0.0039 number per person	+0.6%
1974	0.0039 number per person	+0.3%
1975	0.0039 number per person	-0.4%
1976	0.0039 number per person	-0.4%
1977	0.004 number per person	+1.8%
1978	0.004 number per person	+1.4%
1979	0.0041 number per person	+3.1%
1980	0.0042 number per person	+0.5%
1981	0.0041 number per person	-0.6%
1982	0.0042 number per person	+1.0%
1983	0.0042 number per person	-0.7%
1984	0.0042 number per person	+1.7%
1985	0.0042 number per person	-0.8%
1986	0.0046 number per person	+8.9%
1987	0.0042 number per person	-8.0%
1988	0.0043 number per person	+1.8%
1989	0.0042 number per person	-1.6%
1990	0.0043 number per person	+2.2%
1991	0.0042 number per person	-3.1%
1992	0.0042 number per person	+0.8%
1993	0.0042 number per person	+0.3%
1994	0.0043 number per person	+0.9%
1995	0.0045 number per person	+6.3%
1996	0.0045 number per person	+0.2%
1997	0.0043 number per person	-5.1%
1998	0.0044 number per person	+1.7%
1999	0.0041 number per person	-5.9%
2000	0.0042 number per person	+1.0%
2001	0.0042 number per person	+1.9%
2002	0.0042 number per person	-0.1%
2003	0.0042 number per person	-1.3%
2004	0.0042 number per person	-0.5%
2005	0.0041 number per person	-1.1%
2006	0.004 number per person	-2.0%
2007	0.0039 number per person	-2.0%
2008	0.0039 number per person	-0.4%
2009	0.0039 number per person	-0.5%
2010	0.0039 number per person	-0.9%
2011	0.0038 number per person	-0.7%
2012	0.0038 number per person	-0.4%
2013	0.0038 number per person	+0.5%
2014	0.0038 number per person	-0.6%
2015	0.0038 number per person	-1.0%
2016	0.0037 number per person	-1.0%
2017	0.0037 number per person	-0.5%
2018	0.0037 number per person	-0.7%
2019	0.0037 number per person	+1.0%

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.0039 number per person	0.0038 number per person	0.0041 number per person	10
1980s	0.0042 number per person	0.0041 number per person	0.0046 number per person	10
1990s	0.0043 number per person	0.0041 number per person	0.0045 number per person	10
2000s	0.0041 number per person	0.0039 number per person	0.0042 number per person	10
2010s	0.0038 number per person	0.0037 number per person	0.0039 number per person	10

Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean

7 Israel 0.0075 number per person compare
8 Iceland 0.0074 number per person compare
9 Norway 0.0074 number per person compare
10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0073 number per person compare
11 Brunei Darussalam 0.0071 number per person compare
12 American Samoa 0.007 number per person compare
13 Iraq 0.007 number per person compare

See the full ranking of 241 places →

More education data for Latin America & Caribbean

Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0928 units per person (2024)
Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1923 % change on previous year (2024)
Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 61.44 million (2024)
Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 63.30 million (2024)
Population ages 0-14 22.1% (2025)

All data for Latin America & Caribbean →

Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean?: Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita in Latin America & Caribbean was 0.0037 number per person in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?: The highest recorded value was 0.0046 number per person in 1986.
What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0037 number per person in 2018.
How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita?: Latin America & Caribbean ranks 10th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
Is teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?: Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Latin America & Caribbean data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Teachers in primary education, female UNESCO Institute for Statistics
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Indicator: Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita
Unit: number per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 241 places, 7,410 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 06 September 2026

Teachers in primary education, female (number) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.