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

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
63.6%
in 2024
Portugal
70.2%
in 2023
ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) rank
44th
Portugal rank
41st

Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female over time

  • ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437)
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 70.2% against 63.6% in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437), a difference of 6.6%.

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

Across all 28 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) ranks 44th and Portugal ranks 41st of 221 groups.

Portugal 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) Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 45.6% 57.9% 12.3% Portugal
1980s 44.8% 59.7% 14.9% Portugal
1990s 46.4% 65.9% 19.5% Portugal
2000s 52.1% 68.4% 16.3% Portugal
2010s 56.9% 69.8% 13.0% Portugal
2020s 62.0% 70.3% 8.3% Portugal

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 Portugal?
Portugal, at 70.2% against 63.6% in ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) as of 2023.
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 Portugal?
6.6%, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and Portugal?
28 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2023.
How do ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) and Portugal 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 Portugal ranks 41st 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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Indicator
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
431 places, 15,125 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release