Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female was 39.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) recorded 39.1% for percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 47.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 82.5% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 39.1%, in 2024.
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 119th of 123 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 82.5% | — |
| 2014 | 73.9% | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 70.4% | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 70.7% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 69.3% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 67.6% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 64.0% | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 63.1% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 61.9% | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 59.4% | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 40.7% | -31.6% |
| 2024 | 39.1% | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 71.2% | 64.0% | 82.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 52.9% | 39.1% | 63.1% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 229,324 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 859,574 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 352,678 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 39.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 82.5% in 2013.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.1% in 2024.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 119th out of 123 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release