Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 65.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) recorded 65.7% for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 65.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 42.6%, in 1986.
That places ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 128th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 47.6% | — |
| 1971 | 46.8% | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 45.1% | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 43.9% | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 44.6% | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 43.6% | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 42.9% | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 43.2% | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 43.4% | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 43.8% | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 46.2% | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 43.2% | -6.6% |
| 1982 | 46.8% | +8.4% |
| 1983 | 46.0% | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 44.9% | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 45.1% | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 42.6% | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 45.5% | +6.8% |
| 1988 | 48.6% | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 47.0% | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 48.2% | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 48.9% | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 49.7% | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 50.1% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 50.9% | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 51.4% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 52.0% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 52.4% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 53.4% | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 54.2% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 54.8% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 55.6% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 55.3% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 54.9% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 55.1% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 55.7% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 55.8% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 56.8% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 57.9% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 59.0% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 60.3% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 61.7% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 62.0% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 62.3% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 62.6% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 63.9% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 64.4% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 65.1% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 65.1% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 65.2% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 65.7% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 44.5% | 42.9% | 47.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 45.6% | 42.6% | 48.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.1% | 48.2% | 54.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.1% | 54.8% | 59.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.3% | 60.3% | 65.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.7% | 65.7% | 65.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- 125 Lesotho 74.5% compare
- 126 Botswana 74.1% compare
- 127 French Guiana 73.9% compare
- 128 Norway 73.6% compare
- 129 El Salvador 73.5% compare
- 130 Martinique 72.6% compare
- 131 Indonesia 72.4% compare
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8137 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.10 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1.52 million (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.65 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.1447 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 40.76 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.96 million (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.06 million (2021)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 65.7% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 65.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.6% in 1986.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 128th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 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