Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)
ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 56.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301), 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) stood at 56.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.7% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) peaked at 70.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 52.2%, in 2016.
That places ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 9th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 54.6% | — |
| 2013 | 54.5% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 54.2% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 54.4% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 52.2% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 55.0% | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 56.0% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 56.0% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 56.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 56.0% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 55.5% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 70.3% | +26.7% |
| 2024 | 56.4% | -19.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 54.6% | 52.2% | 56.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 58.8% | 55.5% | 70.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)
- 6 British Virgin Islands 63.2% compare
- 7 Azerbaijan 62.0% compare
- 8 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 61.9% compare
- 9 Cuba 61.7% compare
- 10 Belarus 61.6% compare
- 11 Mongolia 61.4% compare
- 12 Georgia 60.5% compare
More education data for ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 394,187 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 76,908 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2516 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 786,431 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0041 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 412,001 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.1555 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 52,276 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 118,314 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) was 56.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)?
- The highest recorded value was 70.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.2% in 2016.
- How does ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) ranks 9th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECLAC: Carribean (unsdcode:98301) 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