Teachers in primary education, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Teachers in primary education, female was 2.26 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 2.26 million number for teachers in primary education, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 2.26 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 996,833 number, in 1970.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 22nd of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 996,833 number | — |
| 1971 | 1.05 million number | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 1.08 million number | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 1.11 million number | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 1.14 million number | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 1.17 million number | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 1.19 million number | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 1.25 million number | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 1.30 million number | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 1.37 million number | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 1.41 million number | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 1.43 million number | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 1.48 million number | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 1.50 million number | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 1.57 million number | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 1.59 million number | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 1.77 million number | +11.5% |
| 1987 | 1.66 million number | -6.5% |
| 1988 | 1.72 million number | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 1.73 million number | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 1.80 million number | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 1.78 million number | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 1.82 million number | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 1.86 million number | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 1.92 million number | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 2.08 million number | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 2.11 million number | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 2.04 million number | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 2.11 million number | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 2.01 million number | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 2.06 million number | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 2.13 million number | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 2.16 million number | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 2.16 million number | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2.16 million number | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2.16 million number | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2.14 million number | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 2.12 million number | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 2.13 million number | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 2.14 million number | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 2.15 million number | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 2.16 million number | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 2.17 million number | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 2.20 million number | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 2.21 million number | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2.21 million number | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2.21 million number | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 2.21 million number | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 2.22 million number | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2.26 million number | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.17 million number | 996,833 number | 1.37 million number | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.59 million number | 1.41 million number | 1.77 million number | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.95 million number | 1.78 million number | 2.11 million number | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.14 million number | 2.06 million number | 2.16 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.20 million number | 2.15 million number | 2.26 million number | 10 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Population ages 15-64 67.7% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0886 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.215 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 55.17 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 22.4% (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Teachers in primary education, female in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 2.26 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.26 million number in 2019.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 996,833 number in 1970.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for teachers in primary education, female?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 22nd out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (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.