Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 54.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 1993–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) stood at 54.2%. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) peaked at 54.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 45.5%, in 1993.
That places ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 116th out of 213 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 45.5% | — |
| 1994 | 46.1% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 46.2% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 46.5% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 46.7% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 48.0% | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 47.7% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 47.2% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 47.9% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 47.6% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 47.6% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 47.9% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 47.5% | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 47.8% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 47.7% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 48.2% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 48.5% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 49.1% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 50.1% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 50.1% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 50.5% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 50.0% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 50.2% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 50.6% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 51.0% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 51.2% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 52.2% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 53.1% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 53.4% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 53.4% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 53.9% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 54.2% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.7% | 45.5% | 48.0% | 7 |
| 2000s | 47.8% | 47.2% | 48.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.5% | 49.1% | 52.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.6% | 53.1% | 54.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0831 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 143.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4555 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 135.85 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 181.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5884 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) was 54.2% 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: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The highest recorded value was 54.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.5% in 1993.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 116th out of 213 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 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