Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 59.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) recorded 59.9% 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 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) peaked at 59.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 47.5%, in 1988.
That places ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 144th 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: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 50.4% | — |
| 1971 | 49.9% | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 49.1% | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 49.5% | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 49.0% | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 48.8% | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 48.4% | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 48.1% | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 48.2% | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 49.1% | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 48.2% | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 48.4% | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 49.7% | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 49.2% | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 49.7% | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 49.6% | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 49.6% | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 50.1% | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 47.5% | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 49.7% | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 49.9% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 50.4% | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 50.5% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 51.5% | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 51.5% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 51.7% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 52.4% | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 53.5% | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 53.4% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 53.8% | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 54.9% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 55.6% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 55.9% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 56.0% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 56.4% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 56.7% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 57.1% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 57.7% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 57.9% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 57.9% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 56.9% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 56.5% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 56.2% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 56.3% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 56.9% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 57.1% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 58.0% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 58.3% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 58.7% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 59.3% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 59.9% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 49.1% | 48.1% | 50.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.2% | 47.5% | 50.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.9% | 49.9% | 53.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.6% | 54.9% | 57.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.4% | 56.2% | 59.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.9% | 59.9% | 59.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
- 141 Eswatini 69.8% compare
- 142 Iraq 68.8% compare
- 143 Thailand 68.3% compare
- 144 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 67.6% compare
- 145 Micronesia, Federated States of 67.3% compare
- 146 French Polynesia 67.3% compare
- 147 Denmark 67.2% compare
More education data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 603,251 (2019)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 54,979 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 74,425 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 341,161 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 315,506 (2019)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7241 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7241 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2019)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) was 59.9% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The highest recorded value was 59.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.5% in 1988.
- How does ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 144th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 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