ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) vs New Zealand: Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
74.6%
in 2024
New Zealand
84.6%
in 2024
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank
66th
New Zealand rank
67th

Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female over time

  • ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
  • New Zealand
020406080197119972024

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 84.6% against 74.6% in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), a difference of 10.0%.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)'s.

Across all 41 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 66th and New Zealand ranks 67th of 221 groups.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) New Zealand Difference Ahead
1970s 39.0% 63.6% 24.6% New Zealand
1980s 42.9% 71.2% 28.3% New Zealand
1990s 50.5% 81.7% 31.1% New Zealand
2000s 57.1% 83.5% 26.5% New Zealand
2010s 64.9% 83.9% 19.0% New Zealand
2020s 72.9% 84.6% 11.8% New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher percentage of teachers in primary education who are female, ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 84.6% against 74.6% in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) as of 2024.
What is the difference in percentage of teachers in primary education who are female between ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and New Zealand?
10.0%, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and New Zealand?
41 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
How do ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and New Zealand rank globally for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 66th and New Zealand ranks 67th of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
433 places, 17,737 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release