Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 62.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 62.7%. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 62.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.9%, in 1994.
WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 69th of 213 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 49.9% | — |
| 1995 | 50.1% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 50.3% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 50.5% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 51.4% | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 51.9% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 52.4% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 53.1% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 53.6% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 54.9% | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 54.7% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 55.3% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 54.2% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 53.9% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 54.3% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 54.7% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 54.8% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 55.8% | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 56.1% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 56.4% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 57.0% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 57.1% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 57.2% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 58.5% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 59.1% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 59.6% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 60.2% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 60.8% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 61.4% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 62.2% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 62.7% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 50.7% | 49.9% | 51.9% | 6 |
| 2000s | 54.1% | 52.4% | 55.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.2% | 54.8% | 59.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.5% | 60.2% | 62.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 123.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 112.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9825 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 233.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3514 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5256 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 38.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 35.41 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) was 62.7% 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: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 62.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.9% in 1994.
- How does WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 69th out of 213 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Upper 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