ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) vs Malaysia: Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
63.6%
in 2024
Malaysia
70.1%
in 2024
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank
44th
Malaysia rank
42nd
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female over time
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 70.1% against 63.6% in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), a difference of 6.5%.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)'s.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1980 it was ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ahead.
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 44th and Malaysia ranks 42nd of 221 groups.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 46.3% | 47.1% | 0.7% | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 47.1% | 54.3% | 7.1% | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 52.1% | 64.0% | 11.8% | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 57.0% | 67.7% | 10.7% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 62.3% | 68.2% | 5.9% | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female, ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 70.1% against 63.6% in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female between ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and Malaysia?
- 6.5%, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and Malaysia?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and Malaysia rank globally for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 44th and Malaysia ranks 42nd of 221 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release