Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 43.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) recorded 43.8% for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 43.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 34.2%, in 1978.
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 215th 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: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 34.9% | — |
| 1971 | 35.3% | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 35.3% | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 35.2% | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 34.9% | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 34.8% | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 34.6% | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 34.3% | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 34.2% | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 34.4% | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 34.5% | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 34.7% | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 34.8% | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 35.0% | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 34.9% | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 35.2% | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 35.2% | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 35.4% | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 35.4% | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 35.6% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 35.9% | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 35.4% | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 35.6% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 35.9% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 36.9% | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 36.3% | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 36.2% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 36.0% | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 35.5% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 35.6% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 36.5% | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 36.5% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 37.0% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 37.2% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 37.6% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 38.1% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 38.3% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 39.0% | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 39.5% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 39.1% | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 39.3% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 39.3% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 39.4% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 40.2% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 40.7% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 41.3% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 41.2% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 41.2% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 41.0% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 41.9% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 42.7% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 42.5% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 43.4% | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 43.6% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 43.8% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34.8% | 34.2% | 35.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 35.1% | 34.5% | 35.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 35.9% | 35.4% | 36.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.9% | 36.5% | 39.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.5% | 39.3% | 41.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.2% | 42.5% | 43.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.38 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.57 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.08 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.63 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.51 % change on previous year (2021)
All data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 43.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 43.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.2% in 1978.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 215th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release