Teachers in primary education, female in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Teachers in primary education, female was 1,170 number in 2010. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, female in Guinea-Bissau, 1979–2010
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for teachers in primary education, female in Guinea-Bissau is 1,170 number, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 69.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 1,170 number in 2010 and was at its lowest, 661 number, in 1979.
That places Guinea-Bissau 169th out of 196 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, female in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 661 number | — |
| 1981 | 782 number | +18.3% |
| 1982 | 774 number | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 802 number | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 755 number | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 709 number | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 713 number | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 661 number | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 689 number | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 1,170 number | +69.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 661 number | 661 number | 661 number | 1 |
| 1980s | 742.29 number | 661 number | 802 number | 7 |
| 2000s | 689 number | 689 number | 689 number | 1 |
| 2010s | 1,170 number | 1,170 number | 1,170 number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More education data for Guinea-Bissau
- 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 5,371 (2010)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, female in Guinea-Bissau?
- Teachers in primary education, female in Guinea-Bissau was 1,170 number in 2010, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 1,170 number in 2010.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 661 number in 1979.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for teachers in primary education, female?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 169th out of 196 countries with data for 2010.
- Is teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.