Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 42.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1974–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 42.6%. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 42.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 28.5%, in 1975.
That places GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 111th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 29.5% | — |
| 1975 | 28.5% | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 29.6% | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 30.2% | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 30.9% | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 31.7% | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 32.6% | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 32.8% | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 33.1% | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 33.2% | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 32.0% | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 32.9% | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 35.6% | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 34.7% | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 33.8% | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 32.8% | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 32.4% | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 32.5% | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 32.0% | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 32.7% | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 33.4% | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 33.1% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 33.8% | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 34.4% | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 35.2% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 36.3% | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 37.0% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 37.5% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 38.3% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 38.3% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 38.5% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 39.0% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 39.1% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 42.0% | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 41.9% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 41.7% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 41.6% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 41.4% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 41.3% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 41.7% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 41.2% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 41.6% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 41.0% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 42.4% | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 42.1% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 42.3% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 42.3% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 42.4% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 42.6% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 42.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30.1% | 28.5% | 31.7% | 6 |
| 1980s | 33.4% | 32.0% | 35.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.6% | 32.0% | 36.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.3% | 37.0% | 42.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.7% | 41.0% | 42.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.5% | 42.3% | 42.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- 108 Greece 37.7% compare
- 109 Ireland 37.6% compare
- 110 South Africa 37.4% compare
- 111 Tajikistan 37.3% compare
- 112 France 37.2% compare
- 113 Luxembourg 37.2% compare
- 114 Haiti 37.2% compare
More education data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 7.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.99 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 320,705 (2024)
All data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 42.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 42.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.5% in 1975.
- How does GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 111th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 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