Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 30.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) recorded 30.1% for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 30.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 24.9%, in 2008.
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 203rd of 213 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 27.7% | — |
| 2005 | 27.4% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 26.7% | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 25.9% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 24.9% | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 25.1% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 25.9% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 26.4% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 25.8% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 25.5% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 25.8% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 26.2% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 26.8% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 28.1% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 28.5% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 28.7% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 29.5% | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 27.6% | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 30.1% | +9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.3% | 24.9% | 27.7% | 6 |
| 2010s | 26.3% | 25.5% | 28.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 28.9% | 27.6% | 30.1% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.58 % 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 2.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 229,324 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 30.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 30.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.9% in 2008.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 203rd out of 213 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 teachers in lower secondary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release