Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)
ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 52.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
52.6%
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
178th
of 221 groups
All-time high
52.6%
in 2024
All-time low
42.6%
in 1978
Years of data
54
1970–2024
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) stood at 52.6%. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) peaked at 52.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42.6%, in 1978.
That places ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 178th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 42.6% | — |
| 1972 | 43.3% | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 43.1% | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 43.2% | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 43.4% | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 43.0% | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 42.8% | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 42.6% | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 42.8% | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 42.9% | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 43.1% | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 43.2% | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 43.2% | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 43.3% | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 43.6% | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 43.4% | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 43.9% | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 43.7% | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 45.1% | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 45.4% | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 44.7% | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 44.7% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 44.6% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 45.3% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 47.9% | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 47.5% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 46.9% | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 47.5% | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 47.9% | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 47.7% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 47.2% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 48.1% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 47.2% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 47.7% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 47.5% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 47.8% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 47.5% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 47.5% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 46.7% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 47.6% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 47.3% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 47.0% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 48.0% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 48.4% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 49.5% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 49.4% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 49.5% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 49.5% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 51.3% | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 52.1% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 51.9% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 52.0% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 52.1% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 52.6% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43.0% | 42.6% | 43.4% | 9 |
| 1980s | 43.5% | 42.9% | 45.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 46.3% | 44.6% | 47.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 47.5% | 46.7% | 48.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.7% | 47.0% | 51.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.1% | 51.9% | 52.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)
- 175 Madagascar 54.9% compare
- 176 Nepal 54.7% compare
- 177 Libya 53.0% compare
- 178 Timor-Leste 52.8% compare
- 179 Pakistan 51.9% compare
- 180 Ghana 50.2% compare
- 181 Burkina Faso 50.1% compare
More education data for ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -0.0818 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.64 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.00 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) was 52.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)?
- The highest recorded value was 52.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.6% in 1978.
- How does ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) ranks 178th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 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