Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 47.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
47.0%
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
207th
of 221 groups
All-time high
47.0%
in 2024
All-time low
25.9%
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) stood at 47.0%. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) peaked at 47.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 25.9%, in 1970.
ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) ranks 207th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 25.9% | — |
| 1971 | 26.6% | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 27.1% | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 27.9% | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 28.4% | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 29.2% | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 29.6% | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 30.2% | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 30.0% | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 30.9% | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 32.1% | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 33.0% | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 33.7% | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 34.3% | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 34.8% | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 35.5% | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 35.6% | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 35.4% | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 35.1% | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 34.6% | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 34.8% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 35.2% | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 35.6% | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 36.3% | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 36.9% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 37.3% | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 37.3% | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 37.4% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 37.2% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 37.5% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 38.8% | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 38.6% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 38.8% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 38.9% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 39.4% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 39.9% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 40.3% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 40.6% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 41.3% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 41.1% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 40.8% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 41.2% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 41.7% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 42.0% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 42.5% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 43.1% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 43.4% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 43.5% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 43.6% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 44.0% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 44.4% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 44.4% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 46.6% | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 46.9% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 47.0% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28.6% | 25.9% | 30.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 34.4% | 32.1% | 35.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.5% | 34.8% | 37.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.8% | 38.6% | 41.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.6% | 40.8% | 44.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.9% | 44.4% | 47.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
- 204 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 32.4% compare
- 205 Mali 31.9% compare
- 206 Benin 29.6% compare
- 207 Togo 22.4% compare
- 208 Guinea-Bissau 21.8% compare
- 209 Chad 21.3% compare
- 210 Central African Republic 19.1% compare
More education data for ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.79 million (2016)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 9.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 9.18 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.13 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) was 47.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- The highest recorded value was 47.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.9% in 1970.
- How does ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) ranks 207th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release