Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 56.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) recorded 56.6% for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) peaked at 56.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50.1%, in 2011.
ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) ranks 108th of 213 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 54.3% | — |
| 1999 | 54.3% | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 54.3% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 53.8% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 53.1% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 51.4% | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 51.3% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 51.3% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 51.4% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 51.4% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 51.5% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 50.6% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 50.2% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 50.1% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 50.9% | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 51.5% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 52.3% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 53.8% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 55.6% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 55.6% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 56.0% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 56.2% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 56.4% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 56.3% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 56.2% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 56.0% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 56.6% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.3% | 54.3% | 54.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 52.0% | 50.6% | 54.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.2% | 50.1% | 56.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.3% | 56.0% | 56.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
More education data for ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.30 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -5.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.81 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.35 % change on previous year (2022)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) was 56.6% 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: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)?
- The highest recorded value was 56.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.1% in 2011.
- How does ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) ranks 108th out of 213 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 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