Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 25.0% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2016, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries stood at 25.0%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 25.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 1999.
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 197th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 16.6% | — |
| 1999 | 14.0% | -15.7% |
| 2000 | 15.1% | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 17.3% | +14.7% |
| 2002 | 18.9% | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 19.6% | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 21.6% | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 23.0% | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 23.8% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 24.0% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 24.1% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 24.1% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 23.5% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 24.0% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 24.9% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 25.0% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.3% | 14.0% | 16.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 20.4% | 15.1% | 24.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 23.5% | 25.0% | 6 |
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 633,128 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 378,880 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 226,596 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 13.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 25.0% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 25.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 1999.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 197th out of 221 groups with data for 2016.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release