Primary education, teachers in OECD members
OECD members: Primary education, teachers was 81.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary education, teachers in OECD members, 1970–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % female.
Analysis
OECD members recorded 81.3% for primary education, teachers in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary education, teachers in OECD members peaked at 81.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 73.5%, in 1981.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 74.0% | 73.6% | 74.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 74.1% | 73.5% | 75.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 76.0% | 74.8% | 77.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.0% | 77.8% | 79.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.3% | 79.9% | 80.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.2% | 80.9% | 81.3% | 5 |
More education data for OECD members
- Population ages 0-14 16.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 6.28 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 100.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.9% (2024)
- Labor force, female 44.8% (2025)
- Labor force, total 709.91 million (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9973 GPI (2020)
- School enrollment, secondary 105.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education, teachers in OECD members?
- Primary education, teachers in OECD members was 81.3% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary education, teachers recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 81.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary education, teachers recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.5% in 1981.
- Is primary education, teachers rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary education, teachers (% female). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.