Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 85.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1977–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 85.4%.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 96.9% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 85.2%, in 2022.
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 166th of 215 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 96.6% | — |
| 1978 | 96.5% | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 96.4% | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 96.9% | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 95.1% | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 96.0% | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 96.0% | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 95.9% | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 95.3% | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 95.8% | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 95.8% | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 96.1% | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 95.9% | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 95.7% | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 95.7% | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 95.2% | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 94.9% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 94.6% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 94.5% | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 94.3% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 94.0% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 93.7% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 93.6% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 93.3% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 93.1% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 92.9% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 92.8% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 92.7% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 92.4% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 91.7% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 92.1% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 91.9% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 91.5% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 91.5% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 91.5% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 91.4% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 91.0% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 89.9% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 89.0% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 90.3% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 89.5% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 88.9% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 88.2% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 87.9% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 87.0% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 85.2% | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 90.4% | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 85.4% | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 96.5% | 96.4% | 96.6% | 3 |
| 1980s | 95.9% | 95.1% | 96.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 94.6% | 93.6% | 95.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 92.4% | 91.5% | 93.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.1% | 88.2% | 91.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.2% | 85.2% | 90.4% | 5 |
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More education data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 7.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.99 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 320,705 (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 85.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 96.9% in 1980.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.2% in 2022.
- How does GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 166th out of 215 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release