Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025): Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female was 55.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
55.1%
Change on year
up 0.9%
Rank
100th
of 221 groups
All-time high
55.1%
in 2024
All-time low
44.2%
in 1979
Years of data
55
1970–2024
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) recorded 55.1% for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 55.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 44.2%, in 1979.
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 100th of 221 groups on this measure, 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 WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 44.5% | — |
| 1971 | 51.6% | +16.0% |
| 1972 | 50.7% | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 49.5% | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 44.5% | -10.1% |
| 1975 | 49.0% | +10.1% |
| 1976 | 48.3% | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 46.9% | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 45.9% | -2.2% |
| 1979 | 44.2% | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 46.9% | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 45.8% | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 47.0% | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 47.4% | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 47.4% | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 45.2% | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 46.9% | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 47.2% | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 47.2% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 47.2% | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 46.6% | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 46.9% | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 47.1% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 47.6% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 47.8% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 48.1% | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 48.5% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 48.8% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 50.0% | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 51.4% | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 50.2% | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 50.4% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 50.4% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 50.6% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 50.4% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 50.4% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 49.8% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 49.4% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 49.6% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 50.0% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 50.2% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 50.7% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 50.8% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 51.6% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 51.5% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 51.6% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 51.6% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 52.4% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 52.7% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 53.1% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 53.4% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 53.8% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 54.2% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 54.6% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 55.1% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 47.5% | 44.2% | 51.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 46.8% | 45.2% | 47.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 48.3% | 46.6% | 51.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.1% | 49.4% | 50.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.6% | 50.2% | 53.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.2% | 53.4% | 55.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 337.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 103.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.57 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 24.25 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) was 55.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 55.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.2% in 1979.
- How does WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) rank for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female?
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 100th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 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