Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Euro Area
WB: Euro Area: Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 67.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Euro Area, 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Euro Area recorded 67.8% for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Euro Area peaked at 67.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 61.3%, in 1993.
That places WB: Euro Area 30th out of 213 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Euro Area, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 61.5% | — |
| 1993 | 61.3% | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 61.6% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 61.8% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 63.7% | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 63.8% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 63.7% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 63.6% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 63.3% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 63.5% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 63.5% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 64.1% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 64.2% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 64.5% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 64.8% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 64.9% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 64.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 65.0% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 65.6% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 65.9% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 66.2% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 66.7% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 67.2% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 67.4% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 67.5% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 67.5% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 67.5% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 67.6% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 67.7% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 67.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 67.7% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 67.8% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 67.8% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 62.6% | 61.3% | 63.8% | 8 |
| 2000s | 64.3% | 63.3% | 65.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.9% | 65.6% | 67.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.8% | 67.7% | 67.8% | 5 |
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More education data for WB: Euro Area
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 187,621 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.15 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.85 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.29 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.90 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.002 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Euro Area?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Euro Area was 67.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Euro Area?
- The highest recorded value was 67.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Euro Area?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.3% in 1993.
- How does WB: Euro Area rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- WB: Euro Area ranks 30th out of 213 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Euro Area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Euro Area 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