Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)
ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 36.4% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105), 1998–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) recorded 36.4% for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in 2022. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) peaked at 36.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 25.5%, in 2005.
That places ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 174th out of 213 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 27.7% | — |
| 1999 | 27.5% | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 27.2% | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 27.1% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 26.9% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 27.0% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 26.6% | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 25.5% | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 29.2% | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 25.7% | -12.1% |
| 2008 | 28.2% | +9.9% |
| 2009 | 29.6% | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 31.3% | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 34.3% | +9.8% |
| 2012 | 32.7% | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 35.1% | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 33.8% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 33.0% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 31.6% | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 31.4% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 31.6% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 33.8% | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 35.9% | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 36.2% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 36.4% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.6% | 27.5% | 27.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 27.3% | 25.5% | 29.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.9% | 31.3% | 35.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.2% | 35.9% | 36.4% | 3 |
More education data for ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31.31 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) was 36.4% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- The highest recorded value was 36.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.5% in 2005.
- How does ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) ranks 174th out of 213 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 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