Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 59.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 59.6%.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 59.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 50.1%, in 2019.
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 84th of 213 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 53.6% | — |
| 2003 | 53.8% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 53.8% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 53.8% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 52.6% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 54.0% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 54.2% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 53.9% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 54.5% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 54.7% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 55.4% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 55.2% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 56.1% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 56.3% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 56.8% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 56.5% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 57.0% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 50.1% | -12.2% |
| 2020 | 53.8% | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 58.8% | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 59.2% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 59.9% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 59.6% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 53.7% | 52.6% | 54.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 55.3% | 50.1% | 57.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.3% | 53.8% | 59.9% | 5 |
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More education data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 7.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.99 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 320,705 (2024)
All data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 59.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 59.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.1% in 2019.
- How does GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 84th out of 213 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 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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