Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 63.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 is 63.3%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% 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 GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 63.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 47.1%, in 1978.
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 136th of 221 groups on this measure, 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 GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 50.9% | — |
| 1971 | 50.9% | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 50.1% | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 49.6% | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 49.5% | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 48.9% | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 48.7% | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 49.2% | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 47.1% | -4.2% |
| 1979 | 48.1% | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 49.2% | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 48.3% | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 49.0% | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 49.3% | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 49.6% | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 51.5% | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 51.6% | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 51.7% | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 53.2% | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 52.6% | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 53.5% | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 53.5% | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 54.0% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 54.1% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 54.7% | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 54.5% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 55.2% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 55.1% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 55.6% | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 56.0% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 56.0% | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 56.1% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 56.3% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 56.1% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 57.3% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 57.2% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 57.6% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 57.3% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 57.8% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 58.0% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 58.5% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 59.1% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 60.0% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 60.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 60.2% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 61.1% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 61.3% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 61.7% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 61.6% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 62.4% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 63.1% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 63.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 63.3% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 63.2% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 63.3% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 49.3% | 47.1% | 50.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 50.6% | 48.3% | 53.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.6% | 53.5% | 56.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.0% | 56.0% | 58.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.6% | 58.5% | 62.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.2% | 63.1% | 63.3% | 5 |
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More education data for GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 64.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 67.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 132.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.324 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 63.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 63.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.1% in 1978.
- How does GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 136th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 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