Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 37.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) recorded 37.9% for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) peaked at 38.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 1971.
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 149th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 18.1% | — |
| 1971 | 15.5% | -14.6% |
| 1972 | 15.5% | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 16.3% | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 16.6% | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 19.2% | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 18.3% | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 19.6% | +7.2% |
| 1978 | 20.7% | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 21.1% | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 20.7% | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 21.8% | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 21.4% | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 21.8% | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 22.6% | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 23.2% | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 24.0% | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 24.7% | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 25.5% | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 26.2% | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 27.0% | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 27.7% | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 28.4% | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 29.1% | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 29.8% | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 29.3% | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 29.2% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 30.5% | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 31.1% | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 31.3% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 31.6% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 31.9% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 32.1% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 32.3% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 33.2% | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 33.7% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 34.0% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 34.4% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 33.9% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 34.8% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 35.6% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 36.7% | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 33.7% | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 34.2% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 34.3% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 34.5% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 34.8% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 35.9% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 35.6% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 35.7% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 35.9% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 36.4% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 36.3% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 38.0% | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 37.9% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18.1% | 15.5% | 21.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 23.2% | 20.7% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 29.3% | 27.0% | 31.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.2% | 31.6% | 34.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.1% | 33.7% | 36.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.9% | 35.9% | 38.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
More education data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 603,251 (2019)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 54,979 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 74,425 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 341,161 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 315,506 (2019)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7241 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7241 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2019)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) was 37.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The highest recorded value was 38.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 1971.
- How does ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 149th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 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