Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 39.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) is 39.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) peaked at 39.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 31.1%, in 2012.
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 144th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 34.3% | — |
| 2003 | 33.5% | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 33.7% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 33.6% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 33.1% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 33.1% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 32.6% | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 32.1% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 31.8% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 31.2% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 31.1% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 31.5% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 33.6% | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 35.0% | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 35.7% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 35.7% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 36.5% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 36.9% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 37.7% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 37.6% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 37.6% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 38.4% | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 39.3% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.3% | 32.1% | 34.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 33.9% | 31.1% | 36.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.1% | 37.6% | 39.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
More education data for ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.01 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.64 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.31 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.64 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.40 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) was 39.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The highest recorded value was 39.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.1% in 2012.
- How does ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 144th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 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