Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 45.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) recorded 45.4% for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) peaked at 45.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 26.1%, in 1997.
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 157th of 213 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 26.1% | — |
| 1998 | 31.3% | +20.3% |
| 1999 | 29.7% | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 30.1% | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 30.5% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 29.8% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 29.3% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 30.7% | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 30.4% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 31.7% | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 32.3% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 33.2% | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 33.6% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 34.2% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 35.9% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 35.5% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 36.3% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 37.8% | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 40.9% | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 44.8% | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 41.2% | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 45.1% | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 43.9% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 45.5% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 45.4% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 45.4% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 45.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 45.4% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.0% | 26.1% | 31.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 31.1% | 29.3% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.6% | 34.2% | 45.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.4% | 45.4% | 45.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
More education data for ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8789 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 508,954 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.35 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) was 45.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The highest recorded value was 45.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.1% in 1997.
- How does ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 157th out of 213 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 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