Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female was 49.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 49.5% for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 49.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.7%, in 1970.
That places GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 141st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 30.7% | — |
| 1971 | 32.0% | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 32.5% | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 33.0% | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 33.5% | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 33.8% | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 34.4% | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 35.6% | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 36.1% | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 36.6% | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 37.5% | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 37.6% | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 37.9% | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 37.8% | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 39.0% | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 39.1% | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 39.8% | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 39.7% | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 40.5% | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 40.1% | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 40.3% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 40.1% | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 40.3% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 40.4% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 40.5% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 40.0% | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 40.6% | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 41.0% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 40.5% | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 40.2% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 40.4% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 41.0% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 40.4% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 40.3% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 39.1% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 40.0% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 40.5% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 42.2% | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 43.4% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 44.8% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 44.8% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 44.9% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 44.8% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 44.9% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 45.2% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 45.7% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 46.3% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 46.4% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 47.2% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 43.0% | -9.0% |
| 2020 | 45.7% | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 48.9% | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 49.4% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 48.6% | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 49.5% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 33.8% | 30.7% | 36.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 38.9% | 37.5% | 40.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 40.4% | 40.0% | 41.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.2% | 39.1% | 44.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.3% | 43.0% | 47.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.4% | 45.7% | 49.5% | 5 |
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More education data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 7.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.99 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 320,705 (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 49.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 49.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.7% in 1970.
- How does GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female?
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 141st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Latin America & Caribbean 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