Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 35.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109), 2001–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) stood at 35.7%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) peaked at 35.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28.9%, in 2007.
That places ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 179th out of 213 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 31.9% | — |
| 2002 | 31.9% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 32.1% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 32.4% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 31.4% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 30.4% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 28.9% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 29.9% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 29.3% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 30.4% | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 33.3% | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 33.1% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 33.4% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 33.9% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 35.1% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 34.1% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 34.2% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 34.0% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 34.0% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 35.1% | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 35.2% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 34.9% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 35.7% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.9% | 28.9% | 32.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 33.5% | 30.4% | 35.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.2% | 34.9% | 35.7% | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.62 million (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.96 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4.90 million (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 471,371 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.58 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.80 million (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 42.53 million (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6253 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.14 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.6 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) was 35.7% 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: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.9% in 2007.
- How does ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) ranks 179th out of 213 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 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