Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 62.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 62.3% for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 62.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 48.2%, in 1980.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 139th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 50.8% | — |
| 1976 | 49.9% | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 49.1% | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 48.5% | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 48.5% | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 48.2% | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 48.4% | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 48.4% | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 48.8% | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 49.0% | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 50.0% | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 49.8% | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 50.1% | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 49.9% | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 51.1% | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 51.0% | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 51.5% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 50.8% | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 50.7% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 50.5% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 57.7% | +14.2% |
| 1996 | 56.9% | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 56.1% | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 58.2% | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 59.8% | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 57.3% | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 57.4% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 59.8% | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 57.5% | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 58.1% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 58.5% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 58.1% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 57.8% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 57.8% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 57.8% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 58.4% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 57.3% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 58.0% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 58.7% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 59.4% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 60.9% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 61.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 60.7% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 61.0% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 61.4% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 61.8% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 62.1% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 62.2% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 62.2% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 62.3% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 49.4% | 48.5% | 50.8% | 5 |
| 1980s | 49.4% | 48.2% | 51.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.3% | 50.5% | 59.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.0% | 57.3% | 59.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.7% | 57.3% | 61.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.1% | 61.8% | 62.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6859 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.16 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 62.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 62.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.2% in 1980.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 139th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 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