Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 31.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102), 2002–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) recorded 31.6% for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) peaked at 31.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 27.0%, in 2007.
That places ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 200th out of 213 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 28.5% | — |
| 2003 | 28.5% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 28.6% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 28.0% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 27.7% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 27.0% | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 27.5% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 27.3% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 28.1% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 29.8% | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 29.7% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 30.0% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 30.5% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 30.5% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 30.2% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 30.6% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 30.7% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 30.4% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 30.7% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 31.1% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 31.3% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 31.6% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.9% | 27.0% | 28.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 30.1% | 28.1% | 30.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.2% | 30.7% | 31.6% | 4 |
More education data for ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.43 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.95 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.58 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 12.51 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9236 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 41.20 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) was 31.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- The highest recorded value was 31.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.0% in 2007.
- How does ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) ranks 200th out of 213 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 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