Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female was 26.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
26.1%
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
212th
of 221 groups
All-time high
33.9%
in 1993
All-time low
24.1%
in 2019
Years of data
37
1988–2024
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 1988–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Low Income (july 2025) recorded 26.1% for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 33.9% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 24.1%, in 2019.
That places WB: Low Income (july 2025) 212th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 33.2% | — |
| 1989 | 32.9% | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 33.5% | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 33.6% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 33.9% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 33.9% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 33.6% | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 33.3% | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 32.9% | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 32.9% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 32.6% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 32.2% | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 31.8% | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 31.2% | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 30.5% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 31.5% | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 31.1% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 30.6% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 30.0% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 29.4% | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 29.3% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 28.5% | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 28.6% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 28.5% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 28.3% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 26.8% | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 26.0% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 25.7% | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 24.9% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 24.6% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 24.6% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 24.1% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 24.5% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 24.7% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 25.2% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 25.9% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 26.1% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 33.0% | 32.9% | 33.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 33.2% | 32.2% | 33.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.4% | 28.5% | 31.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.2% | 24.1% | 28.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.3% | 24.5% | 26.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- 209 Guinea-Bissau 6.2% compare
- 210 Guinea 5.4% compare
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.68 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 26.1% 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 Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 33.9% in 1993.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.1% in 2019.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 212th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Low 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