Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female was 75.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1973–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 is 75.7%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 75.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32.9%, in 1973.
GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 2nd of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 32.9% | — |
| 1974 | 32.9% | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 33.9% | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 35.0% | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 36.0% | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 37.1% | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 38.1% | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 39.2% | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 40.3% | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 41.3% | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 42.4% | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 43.4% | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 44.7% | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 46.4% | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 48.0% | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 49.7% | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 51.3% | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 53.0% | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 54.6% | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 58.3% | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 60.2% | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 51.9% | -13.7% |
| 1995 | 43.7% | -15.9% |
| 1996 | 62.2% | +42.3% |
| 1997 | 62.5% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 62.9% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 63.2% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 63.6% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 63.9% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 64.2% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 64.6% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 64.0% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 63.4% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 65.2% | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 67.0% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 68.8% | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 69.4% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 68.1% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 69.3% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 70.9% | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 71.1% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 71.4% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 71.6% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 71.8% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 72.1% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 72.3% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 72.5% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 72.8% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 73.0% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 74.3% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 75.7% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 75.7% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +42.3% | 43.7% | 62.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 35.1% | 32.9% | 38.1% | 7 |
| 1980s | 44.7% | 39.2% | 51.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.2% | 43.7% | 63.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 65.4% | 63.4% | 69.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.1% | 68.1% | 72.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.3% | 72.8% | 75.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 44,742 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2013)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 15,673 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4,930 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 15,242 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31,146 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 91,199 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5,370 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 75.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 75.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.9% in 1973.
- How does GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female?
- GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 2nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 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