Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 51.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) is 51.0%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) peaked at 51.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 45.7%, in 1998.
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 28th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 45.7% | — |
| 1999 | 45.8% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 46.6% | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 47.5% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 48.4% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 49.8% | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 49.6% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 50.7% | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 50.5% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 50.1% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 51.2% | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 50.9% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 50.4% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 50.9% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 51.3% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 51.1% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 50.5% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 50.6% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 49.6% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 50.3% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 49.1% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 49.9% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 49.8% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 49.7% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 50.0% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 51.0% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 51.0% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 45.7% | 45.7% | 45.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 49.5% | 46.6% | 51.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.4% | 49.1% | 51.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.3% | 49.7% | 51.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
More education data for ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.5014 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.44 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 512,600 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 27.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.58 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 731,983 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.50 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) was 51.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The highest recorded value was 51.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.7% in 1998.
- How does ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 28th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 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