Teachers in primary education, female in Bahamas
Bahamas: Teachers in primary education, female was 1,411 number in 2018. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, female in Bahamas, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for teachers in primary education, female in Bahamas is 1,411 number, measured in 2018.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female in Bahamas peaked at 2,256 number in 2009 and was at its lowest, 487 number, in 1971.
Bahamas ranks 165th of 196 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, female in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 487 number | — |
| 1983 | 1,072 number | +120.1% |
| 1985 | 1,057 number | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 1,446 number | +36.8% |
| 1995 | 1,344 number | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 1,525 number | +13.5% |
| 2002 | 1,890 number | +23.9% |
| 2004 | 2,063 number | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 1,889 number | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 1,962 number | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 2,033 number | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 2,256 number | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 2,210 number | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 1,863 number | -15.7% |
| 2012 | 1,526 number | -18.1% |
| 2013 | 1,668 number | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 1,566 number | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 1,456 number | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 1,454 number | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,456 number | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,411 number | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 487 number | 487 number | 487 number | 1 |
| 1980s | 1,064 number | 1,057 number | 1,072 number | 2 |
| 1990s | 1,438 number | 1,344 number | 1,525 number | 3 |
| 2000s | 2,016 number | 1,889 number | 2,256 number | 6 |
| 2010s | 1,623 number | 1,411 number | 2,210 number | 9 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 162 Solomon Islands 1,840 number compare
- 163 Equatorial Guinea 1,785 number compare
- 164 Malta 1,712 number compare
- 166 French Polynesia 1,381 number compare
- 167 Comoros 1,306 number compare
- 168 Bhutan 1,211 number compare
More education data for Bahamas
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,497 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, female in Bahamas?
- Teachers in primary education, female in Bahamas was 1,411 number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 2,256 number in 2009.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 487 number in 1971.
- How does Bahamas rank for teachers in primary education, female?
- Bahamas ranks 165th out of 196 countries with data for 2018.
- Is teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas 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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Total number of female teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.