Teachers in primary education, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Teachers in primary education, female was 1.04 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1980–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) recorded 1.04 million number for teachers in primary education, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 1.04 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 671,688 number, in 1980.
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 40th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 671,688 number | — |
| 1981 | 682,573 number | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 698,888 number | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 709,330 number | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 720,719 number | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 733,751 number | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 749,258 number | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 780,313 number | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 807,794 number | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 829,400 number | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 860,373 number | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 891,078 number | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 926,094 number | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 958,696 number | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 982,270 number | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 991,558 number | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 1.01 million number | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 998,930 number | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 982,107 number | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 965,122 number | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 943,950 number | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 938,344 number | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 931,032 number | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 920,732 number | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 981,976 number | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 925,712 number | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 911,150 number | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 909,285 number | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 906,313 number | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 902,192 number | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 900,388 number | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 922,437 number | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 933,588 number | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 924,561 number | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 941,644 number | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 971,264 number | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 982,421 number | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 988,608 number | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.04 million number | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 1.04 million number | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 738,371 number | 671,688 number | 829,400 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 956,488 number | 860,373 number | 1.01 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 927,069 number | 902,192 number | 981,976 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 964,574 number | 900,388 number | 1.04 million number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
More education data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.66 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.1746 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0626 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 28.09 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 906,553 (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.7% (2025)
All data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Teachers in primary education, female in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 1.04 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million number in 2019.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 671,688 number in 1980.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for teachers in primary education, female?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 40th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 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.