Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 18.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), 1986–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) stood at 18.5%.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) peaked at 19.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 14.4%, in 1991.
ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 214th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 14.8% | — |
| 1987 | 15.1% | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 15.0% | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 15.1% | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 15.0% | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 14.4% | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 14.7% | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 14.4% | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 14.6% | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 14.9% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 15.4% | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 15.5% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 15.9% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 16.2% | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 16.3% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 15.7% | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 15.8% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 15.5% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 15.3% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 15.4% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 15.3% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 15.7% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 15.5% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 15.1% | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 15.4% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 16.4% | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 16.7% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 16.8% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 17.8% | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 18.3% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 19.6% | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 19.1% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 18.8% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 18.9% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 18.6% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 18.5% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15.0% | 14.8% | 15.1% | 4 |
| 1990s | 15.1% | 14.4% | 16.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.6% | 15.1% | 16.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.8% | 15.4% | 19.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.6% | 18.5% | 18.6% | 2 |
More education data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.38 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.57 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.44 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.08 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.63 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.51 % change on previous year (2021)
All data for ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) was 18.5% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The highest recorded value was 19.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.4% in 1991.
- How does ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) ranks 214th out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 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