Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 49.2% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 1994–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) is 49.2%, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) peaked at 52.4% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 48.0%, in 2016.
That places ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 145th out of 213 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 51.5% | — |
| 1995 | 51.4% | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 51.1% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 52.4% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 50.7% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 50.1% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 49.9% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 50.7% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 50.0% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 49.2% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 48.7% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 48.0% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 49.2% | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51.3% | 51.1% | 51.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 51.6% | 50.7% | 52.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 49.5% | 48.0% | 50.7% | 8 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
More education data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 603,251 (2019)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 54,979 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 74,425 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 341,161 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 315,506 (2019)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7241 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7241 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2019)
All data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) was 49.2% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The highest recorded value was 52.4% in 2008.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.0% in 2016.
- How does ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 145th out of 213 groups with data for 2017.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 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