Teachers in primary education, female (number) in Chile
Chile: Teachers in primary education, female (number) was 71,169 number in 2018. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, female in Chile, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Chile recorded 71,169 number for teachers in primary education, female in 2018. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female in Chile peaked at 71,169 number in 2018 and was at its lowest, 38,752 number, in 2003.
Chile ranks 51st of 196 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, female (number) in Chile, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 41,462 number | — |
| 1999 | 43,476 number | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 43,311 number | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 41,198 number | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 38,752 number | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 50,237 number | +29.6% |
| 2005 | 51,572 number | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 51,449 number | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 52,418 number | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 52,478 number | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 54,505 number | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 51,322 number | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 54,142 number | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 55,573 number | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 61,030 number | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 63,767 number | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 65,343 number | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 67,399 number | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 68,992 number | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 71,169 number | +3.2% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 71,169 number is above the median for high income countries, which is 15,496 number, 4.6× the median. (74 countries reporting)
- Chile's 71,169 number is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,524 number, 4.9× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Teachers in primary education, female (number) in Chile 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +29.6% | 38,752 number | 50,237 number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42,469 number | 41,462 number | 43,476 number | 2 |
| 2000s | 48,436 number | 38,752 number | 54,505 number | 9 |
| 2010s | 62,082 number | 51,322 number | 71,169 number | 9 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More education data for Chile
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 97.02 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 97.88 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 96,048 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 21,633 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 280,113 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 264,101 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.63 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.49 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.36 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, female in Chile?
- Teachers in primary education, female in Chile was 71,169 number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 71,169 number in 2018.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,752 number in 2003.
- How does Chile rank for teachers in primary education, female?
- Chile ranks 51st out of 196 countries with data for 2018.
- Is teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile 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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About this data
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.