Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024: Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female was 71.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2014–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 71.9% for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 77.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 71.9%, in 2023.
That places GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 163rd out of 183 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 77.0% | — |
| 2015 | 77.3% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 74.1% | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 73.6% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 71.9% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 77.2% | 77.0% | 77.3% | 2 |
| 2020s | 73.2% | 71.9% | 74.1% | 3 |
More education data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 7.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 320,705 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.538 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.63 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.71 million (2024)
All data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 71.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 77.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.9% in 2023.
- How does GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female?
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 163rd out of 183 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 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