Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 53.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 1993–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) recorded 53.6% for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 53.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43.3%, in 1993.
That places WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 117th 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 WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 43.3% | — |
| 1994 | 43.9% | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 43.9% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 44.1% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 44.4% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 45.3% | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 45.3% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 44.9% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 45.6% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 45.4% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 45.4% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 45.8% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 45.6% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 46.0% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 45.8% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 46.4% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 46.9% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 47.4% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 48.7% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 48.7% | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 49.1% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 48.5% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 48.8% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 49.4% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 50.0% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 50.2% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 51.4% | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 52.3% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 52.7% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 52.6% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 53.3% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 53.6% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 44.3% | 43.3% | 45.3% | 7 |
| 2000s | 45.8% | 44.9% | 46.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.2% | 47.4% | 51.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.9% | 52.3% | 53.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2969 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 53.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 53.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.3% in 1993.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 117th out of 213 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 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