Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 25.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), 1998–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) stood at 25.8%.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 61.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) peaked at 26.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 13.3%, in 2009.
ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) ranks 188th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 15.0% | — |
| 1999 | 15.8% | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 16.0% | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 15.3% | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 15.1% | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 14.8% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 13.8% | -6.8% |
| 2005 | 13.5% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 13.4% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 13.6% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 13.5% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 13.3% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 14.1% | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 16.0% | +13.4% |
| 2012 | 16.4% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 17.5% | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 21.4% | +22.0% |
| 2015 | 23.4% | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 25.2% | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 26.4% | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 26.5% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 26.5% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 25.9% | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 25.8% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.4% | 15.0% | 15.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 14.2% | 13.3% | 16.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.3% | 14.1% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.9% | 25.8% | 25.9% | 2 |
More education data for ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.9445 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.88 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.79 million (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.5048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 21.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 58.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.9632 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) was 25.8% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The highest recorded value was 26.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.3% in 2009.
- How does ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) ranks 188th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 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