Pakistan's primary education, teachers (% female) was 51.93% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2.31 percentage points from 49.61% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 51.93% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 55.72% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 49.61% | 2014 |
| Highest | 56.45% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 28.14% | 1972 |
| Average since 2015 | 53.9% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 28.23% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Pakistan's primary education, teachers (% female) fell 4.52 percentage points on 2023 (from 56.45% to 51.93%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1982 to 2023), the average change was +0.44 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.99 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.79 percentage points in 1976 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.52 percentage points in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 26% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Pakistan had the 92nd highest value of the 105 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 51.93% | 2024 |
| World | 69.21% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 60.47% | 2024 |
Closest to Pakistan in the 2024 ranking
- Rwanda — 89th of 105: 56.68%
- Niger — 90th of 105: 56.48%
- Madagascar — 91st of 105: 54.88%
- Ghana — 93rd of 105: 50.21%
- Burkina Faso — 94th of 105: 50.07%
- Tanzania — 95th of 105: 47.8%
What this measures
Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
Limitations: The indicator measures the level of gender representation in the teaching profession, rather than the effectiveness and quality of teaching.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 44 values
| Year | Primary education, teachers (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 51.93 |
| 2023 | 56.45 |
| 2022 | 56.09 |
| 2021 | 54.62 |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | 55.72 |
| 2018 | 54.22 |
| 2017 | 54.72 |
| 2016 | 50.99 |
| 2015 | 50.37 |
| 2014 |
Primary education, teachers (% female) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 41.64% (2023)
- Algeria — 70.12% (2025)
- Bahrain — 77.12% (2024)
- Djibouti — 37.39% (2023)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 66.17% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 76.56% (2023)
- Israel — 86.15% (2024)
- Jordan — 79.86% (2024)
- Kuwait — 90.44% (2021)
- Lebanon — 90.02% (2024)
- Malta
More education data for Pakistan
- Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) — 1.95% (2023)
- Primary education, pupils — 25.38 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 83.73% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 82.44% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 84.96% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers
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Questions people ask
- What is Pakistan's primary education, teachers (% female)?
- 51.93% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 23.7 percentage points from 28.23% in 1971. The highest value was 56.45% in 2023 and the lowest 28.14% in 1972.
- How does Pakistan rank?
- 92nd highest of 105 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in primary education, teachers (% female) unusual for Pakistan?
- In 2024, Pakistan's primary education, teachers (% female) fell 4.52 percentage points on 2023 (from 56.45% to 51.93%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1982 to 2023), the average change was +0.44 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.99 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.TCHR.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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