Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 33.8% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries is 33.8%, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 34.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 29.0%, in 1998.
That places ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 193rd out of 213 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 29.0% | — |
| 1999 | 29.1% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 29.1% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 29.0% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 29.3% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 29.7% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 30.4% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 30.7% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 30.9% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 31.1% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 31.9% | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 32.6% | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 32.4% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 33.3% | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 33.7% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 33.8% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 33.7% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 33.8% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 34.5% | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 33.8% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.0% | 29.0% | 29.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 30.5% | 29.0% | 32.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.6% | 32.4% | 34.5% | 8 |
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 633,128 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 378,880 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 226,596 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 13.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 33.8% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 34.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.0% in 1998.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 193rd out of 213 groups with data for 2017.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release