Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female was 48.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 2011–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) is 48.4%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 98.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 48.4%, in 2022.
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 116th 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: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62.2% | — |
| 2012 | 75.3% | +21.0% |
| 2013 | 78.2% | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 98.7% | +26.2% |
| 2015 | 74.7% | -24.4% |
| 2016 | 74.2% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 66.3% | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 57.7% | -12.9% |
| 2019 | 53.3% | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 49.8% | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 49.9% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 48.4% | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 71.2% | 53.3% | 98.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 49.4% | 48.4% | 49.9% | 3 |
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 15.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.82 million (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.901 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5935 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 48.4% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 98.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.4% in 2022.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 116th out of 123 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 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