Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female was 26.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1987–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) is 26.2%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 33.5% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 24.2%, in 2019.
That places ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 209th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 38 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 33.4% | — |
| 1988 | 32.7% | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 32.4% | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 33.0% | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 33.1% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 33.4% | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 33.5% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 33.2% | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 32.9% | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 32.5% | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 32.6% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 32.3% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 31.9% | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 31.5% | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 30.9% | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 30.2% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 31.2% | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 30.8% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 30.3% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 29.7% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 29.1% | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 29.1% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 28.3% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 28.4% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 28.4% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 28.2% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 26.7% | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 26.0% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 25.6% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 24.9% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 24.7% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 24.7% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 24.2% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 24.6% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 24.9% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 25.4% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 26.0% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 26.2% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.8% | 32.4% | 33.4% | 3 |
| 1990s | 32.9% | 31.9% | 33.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.1% | 28.3% | 31.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.2% | 24.2% | 28.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.4% | 24.6% | 26.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- 206 Chad 10.1% compare
- 207 Equatorial Guinea 8.4% compare
- 208 Liberia 6.7% compare
- 209 Guinea-Bissau 6.2% compare
- 210 Guinea 5.4% compare
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.13 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.22 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.86 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 26.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 33.5% in 1993.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.2% in 2019.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 209th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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