Teachers in primary education, female in Greece
Greece: Teachers in primary education, female was 50,706 number in 2018. β² Rising
Teachers in primary education, female in Greece, 1971β2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
In 2018, teachers in primary education, female in Greece stood at 50,706 number. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female in Greece peaked at 50,706 number in 2018 and was at its lowest, 13,689 number, in 1973.
Greece ranks 63rd of 196 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14,904 number | 13,689 number | 17,030 number | 9 |
| 1980s | 18,434 number | 17,318 number | 20,325 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,435 number | 21,804 number | 27,098 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,317 number | 36,344 number | 40,580 number | 4 |
| 2010s | 48,324 number | 46,675 number | 50,706 number | 7 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More education data for Greece
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 70,680 (2023)
- 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 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0068 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, female in Greece?
- Teachers in primary education, female in Greece was 50,706 number in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 50,706 number in 2018.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,689 number in 1973.
- How does Greece rank for teachers in primary education, female?
- Greece ranks 63rd out of 196 countries with data for 2018.
- Is teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.