Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 53.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 recorded 53.2% for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 53.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 49.0%, in 2005.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 120th 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 28 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 49.7% | — |
| 1998 | 51.1% | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 50.7% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 50.2% | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 50.3% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 49.7% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 49.7% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 49.3% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 49.0% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 49.4% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 49.5% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 49.8% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 49.7% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 49.7% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 51.1% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 50.8% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 50.4% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 50.5% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 50.2% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 50.0% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 51.3% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 52.1% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 52.2% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 52.9% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 53.2% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 52.6% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 53.0% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 53.2% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50.5% | 49.7% | 51.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 49.6% | 49.0% | 50.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.8% | 49.7% | 52.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.0% | 52.6% | 53.2% | 5 |
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More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 53.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 53.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.0% in 2005.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 120th out of 213 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, 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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February 2026 Data Release