Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 29.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) stood at 29.4%.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 31.9% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 28.2%, in 2017.
That places ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 207th out of 213 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 30.9% | — |
| 1999 | 31.5% | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 31.6% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 31.4% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 31.1% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 31.9% | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 31.6% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 31.1% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 30.5% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 30.1% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 30.0% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 29.8% | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 29.9% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 30.6% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 30.5% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 29.6% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 29.0% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 28.6% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 28.2% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 28.2% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 28.3% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 28.3% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 28.8% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 29.1% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 29.3% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 29.4% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.2% | 30.9% | 31.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 30.9% | 29.8% | 31.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.1% | 28.2% | 30.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.1% | 28.8% | 29.4% | 4 |
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.13 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.22 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.86 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 29.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 31.9% in 2003.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.2% in 2017.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 207th out of 213 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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