Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 89.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), 1996–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) is 89.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) peaked at 89.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 81.0%, in 1997.
ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) ranks 11th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 81.0% | — |
| 1997 | 81.0% | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 81.2% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 81.6% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 81.7% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 81.5% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 81.8% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 82.1% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 82.5% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 82.7% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 83.2% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 83.7% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 84.1% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 84.6% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 86.7% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 84.9% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 85.2% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 85.5% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 86.3% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 86.8% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 87.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 87.4% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 87.6% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 87.8% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 88.0% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 88.1% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 88.4% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 88.5% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 89.0% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.2% | 81.0% | 81.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 82.8% | 81.5% | 84.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.5% | 84.9% | 87.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.4% | 88.0% | 89.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
More education data for ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.7617 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 708,542 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 733,610 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 431,874 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.5197 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 681,953 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,535 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.4575 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) was 89.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The highest recorded value was 89.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.0% in 1997.
- How does ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) ranks 11th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 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