Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 65.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
65.0%
Change on year
down 0.6%
Rank
129th
of 221 groups
All-time high
65.7%
in 2022
All-time low
51.0%
in 1986
Years of data
55
1970–2024
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) recorded 65.0% for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) peaked at 65.7% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 51.0%, in 1986.
That places ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 129th 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 55 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 51.1% | — |
| 1971 | 52.2% | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 52.0% | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 52.9% | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 51.8% | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 51.8% | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 52.9% | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 53.2% | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 55.8% | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 54.9% | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 54.3% | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 51.7% | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 53.8% | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 53.2% | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 52.6% | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 52.6% | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 51.0% | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 53.0% | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 52.8% | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 51.4% | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 52.1% | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 52.8% | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 53.1% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 53.6% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 53.8% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 54.0% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 54.2% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 54.4% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 54.6% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 54.7% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 55.8% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 56.5% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 55.6% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 55.2% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 55.4% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 55.5% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 55.6% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 55.7% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 56.5% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 56.8% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 57.6% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 58.6% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 58.8% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 60.6% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 61.1% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 61.6% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 61.9% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 63.7% | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 63.9% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 65.1% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 65.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 65.4% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 65.7% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 65.3% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 65.0% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 52.9% | 51.1% | 55.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 52.6% | 51.0% | 54.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 53.7% | 52.1% | 54.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.9% | 55.2% | 56.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.3% | 57.6% | 65.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.3% | 65.0% | 65.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
- 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
- 132 Tunisia 71.9% compare
More education data for ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 27.97 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 24.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 4.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 9.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 544,032 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 10.58 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) was 65.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The highest recorded value was 65.7% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.0% in 1986.
- How does ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) ranks 129th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Eco (eco) (unsdcode:98407) 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