Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in Eritrea
Eritrea: Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female was 31.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in Eritrea, 1993–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in Eritrea is 31.0%, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 88.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in Eritrea peaked at 31.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 2007.
Eritrea ranks 183rd of 210 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 13.0% | — |
| 1994 | 11.8% | -9.2% |
| 1995 | 11.6% | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 12.1% | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 13.7% | +13.1% |
| 1999 | 11.6% | -14.9% |
| 2000 | 11.6% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 10.5% | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 10.8% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 10.8% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 11.1% | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 11.3% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 11.0% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 10.3% | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 10.6% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 15.9% | +49.8% |
| 2011 | 14.5% | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 16.4% | +12.9% |
| 2013 | 17.6% | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 19.1% | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 20.6% | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 19.9% | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 22.2% | +11.8% |
| 2018 | 23.9% | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 31.0% | +29.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.3% | 11.6% | 13.7% | 6 |
| 2000s | 10.9% | 10.3% | 11.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 18.9% | 14.5% | 23.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 31.0% | 31.0% | 31.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 180 Sao Tome and Principe 32.6% compare
- 181 Mozambique 31.3% compare
- 182 Ghana 31.1% compare
- 184 Bangladesh 28.7% compare
- 185 Niger 28.6% compare
- 186 Djibouti 27.8% compare
More education data for Eritrea
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 28,835 (2022)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26,792 (2022)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 398,090 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23,881 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.69 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7908 % change on previous year (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in Eritrea?
- Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in Eritrea was 31.0% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 31.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 2007.
- How does Eritrea rank for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female?
- Eritrea ranks 183rd out of 210 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release