Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 33.2% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), 1987–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) stood at 33.2%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) peaked at 33.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 25.9%, in 1987.
That places ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 171st out of 221 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 25.9% | — |
| 1988 | 26.0% | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 27.4% | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 27.5% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 27.2% | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 27.5% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 28.7% | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 30.8% | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 30.9% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 29.0% | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 28.3% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 28.4% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 28.9% | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 28.3% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 28.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 30.9% | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 31.6% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 33.0% | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 32.7% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 32.9% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 33.2% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 33.2% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 33.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 26.4% | 25.9% | 27.4% | 3 |
| 1990s | 28.8% | 27.2% | 30.9% | 6 |
| 2000s | 28.6% | 28.3% | 29.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 30.8% | 28.3% | 33.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.2% | 33.2% | 33.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- 168 Comoros 8.4% compare
- 169 Chad 7.9% compare
- 170 Mauritania 7.4% compare
- 171 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.3% compare
- 172 Togo 6.1% compare
More education data for ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.77 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 13.46 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.31 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 885,632 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) was 33.2% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The highest recorded value was 33.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.9% in 1987.
- How does ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 171st out of 221 groups with data for 2021.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 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