St. Kitts and Nevis's primary education, teachers (% female) was 94.61% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5 percentage points from 89.61% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 94.61% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 91.89% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 89.61% | 2013 |
| Highest | 94.61% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 60.62% | 1986 |
| Average since 2014 | 92.09% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 78.99% | 1984 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, St. Kitts and Nevis' primary education, teachers (% female) rose 3.47 percentage points on 2022 (from 91.14% to 94.61%).
Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2022), the average change was +0.28 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.17 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.44 percentage points in 1987 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.09 percentage points in 1986. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.3 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 42% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, St. Kitts and Nevis had the 2nd highest value of the 37 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 94.61% | 2023 |
| World | 69.21% | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 77.79% | 2024 |
| High income | 83.51% | 2024 |
Closest to St. Kitts and Nevis in the 2023 ranking
- Russian Federation — 1st of 37: 99.27%
- Antigua and Barbuda — 3rd of 37: 94.11%
- Croatia — 4th of 37: 93.42%
- Romania — 5th of 37: 93.21%
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 34 values
| Year | Primary education, teachers (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 94.61 |
| 2022 | 91.14 |
| 2021 | 92.52 |
| 2020 | 93.94 |
| 2019 | 91.5 |
| 2018 | 91.89 |
| 2017 | 92.08 |
| 2016 | 92.58 |
| 2015 | 90.61 |
| 2014 | 90.02 |
| 2013 |
Primary education, teachers (% female) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 94.11% (2023)
- Aruba — 84.39% (2015)
- Bahamas, The — 91.12% (2024)
- Barbados — 76.76% (2024)
- Belize — 77.41% (2024)
- Bolivia — 65.58% (2024)
- Brazil — 89.08% (2024)
- British Virgin Islands — 92.71% (2024)
- Cayman Islands — 84.83% (2024)
- Chile — 81.26% (2024)
- Colombia
More education data for St. Kitts and Nevis
- Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 5,110 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 121.12% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 117.03% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 125.28% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.95 (2021)
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Questions people ask
- What is St. Kitts and Nevis's primary education, teachers (% female)?
- 94.61% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1984?
- It is up 15.62 percentage points from 78.99% in 1984. The highest value was 94.61% in 2023 and the lowest 60.62% in 1986.
- How does St. Kitts and Nevis rank?
- 2nd highest of 37 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in primary education, teachers (% female) unusual for St. Kitts and Nevis?
- In 2023, St. Kitts and Nevis' primary education, teachers (% female) rose 3.47 percentage points on 2022 (from 91.14% to 94.61%). Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2022), the average change was +0.28 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.17 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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