Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female was 78.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Latest (2019)
78.5%
Change on year
down 3.7%
Rank
122nd
of 157 groups
All-time high
81.4%
in 2018
All-time low
73.4%
in 2013
Years of data
7
2013–2019
Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 2013–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) is 78.5%, measured in 2019.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 122nd of 157 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 73.4% | — |
| 2014 | 76.0% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 76.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 79.1% | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 80.1% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 81.4% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 78.5% | -3.7% |
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.89 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 38.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 78.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 81.4% in 2018.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.4% in 2013.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 122nd out of 157 groups with data for 2019.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release