Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Oecd Members
WB: Oecd Members: Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 63.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Oecd Members, 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Oecd Members recorded 63.8% for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Oecd Members peaked at 63.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 57.8%, in 1993.
That places WB: Oecd Members 62nd 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 33 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Oecd Members, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 57.9% | — |
| 1993 | 57.8% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 57.8% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 58.0% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 58.3% | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 58.6% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 58.3% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 58.5% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 58.7% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 58.6% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 60.0% | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 60.8% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 61.4% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 61.7% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 61.8% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 61.4% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 61.0% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 61.3% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 61.6% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 61.8% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 62.1% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 62.0% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 62.1% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 62.2% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 62.4% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 62.7% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 62.6% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 62.8% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 63.2% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 63.4% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 63.5% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 63.8% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 63.8% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.2% | 57.8% | 58.6% | 8 |
| 2000s | 60.7% | 58.6% | 61.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.2% | 61.6% | 62.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.5% | 63.2% | 63.8% | 5 |
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More education data for WB: Oecd Members
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 5.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 30.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 36.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 57.13 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.18 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0557 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0572 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 37.11 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Oecd Members?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Oecd Members was 63.8% 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: Oecd Members?
- The highest recorded value was 63.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Oecd Members?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.8% in 1993.
- How does WB: Oecd Members rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- WB: Oecd Members ranks 62nd out of 213 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Oecd Members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Oecd Members 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