Primary education, teachers in Seychelles
Seychelles: Primary education, teachers was 87.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary education, teachers in Seychelles, 1970–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % female.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 87.6% for primary education, teachers in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary education, teachers in Seychelles peaked at 98.0% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 83.4%, in 2010.
Seychelles ranks 45th of 200 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 94.1% | 90.0% | 98.0% | 7 |
| 1990s | 87.3% | 84.6% | 88.4% | 7 |
| 2000s | 85.4% | 84.3% | 86.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.4% | 83.4% | 88.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.8% | 84.8% | 87.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 42 Philippines 88.3% compare
- 43 Turks and Caicos Islands 87.9% compare
- 44 Sri Lanka 87.9% compare
- 46 United States 87.5% compare
- 47 Argentina 87.4% compare
- 48 Germany 87.3% compare
More education data for Seychelles
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.5% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 671 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 93.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI (2021)
- School enrollment, secondary 70.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education, teachers in Seychelles?
- Primary education, teachers in Seychelles was 87.6% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary education, teachers recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 98.0% in 1979.
- What is the lowest primary education, teachers recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.4% in 2010.
- How does Seychelles rank for primary education, teachers?
- Seychelles ranks 45th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary education, teachers rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Seychelles 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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About this data
Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.