Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110): Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female was 31.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), 1990–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) stood at 31.8%.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) peaked at 42.3% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 31.5%, in 2020.
That places ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 204th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 41.9% | — |
| 1991 | 42.3% | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 42.1% | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 41.4% | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 41.9% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 40.1% | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 39.2% | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 38.2% | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 37.0% | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 36.4% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 35.7% | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 35.9% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 34.8% | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 34.1% | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 34.1% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 33.1% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 33.2% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 33.0% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 33.2% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 33.4% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 33.4% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 32.9% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 33.1% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 33.0% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 32.9% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 32.8% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 32.2% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 32.0% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 32.1% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 31.5% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 31.5% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 31.9% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 31.7% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 31.7% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 31.8% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40.1% | 36.4% | 42.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.1% | 33.0% | 35.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.6% | 31.5% | 33.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.7% | 31.5% | 31.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
More education data for ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.77 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 13.46 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.31 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.60 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) was 31.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The highest recorded value was 42.3% in 1991.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.5% in 2020.
- How does ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) rank for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female?
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 204th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release