Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)
ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301): Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female was 68.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301), 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) is 68.1%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) peaked at 90.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 68.1%, in 2024.
ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) ranks 167th of 183 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 87.3% | — |
| 2013 | 84.8% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 89.0% | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 89.2% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 90.2% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 88.4% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 89.1% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 88.4% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 87.0% | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 81.5% | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 72.8% | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 68.2% | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 68.1% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 88.3% | 84.8% | 90.2% | 8 |
| 2020s | 75.5% | 68.1% | 87.0% | 5 |
More education data for ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 394,187 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 76,908 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2516 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 786,431 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0041 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 412,001 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.1555 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 52,276 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 118,314 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) was 68.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)?
- The highest recorded value was 90.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.1% in 2024.
- How does ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female?
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) ranks 167th out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release