Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 41.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 stood at 41.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 42.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 32.4%, in 1992.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 121st 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 44 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 38.5% | — |
| 1982 | 37.7% | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 37.1% | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 37.2% | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 37.2% | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 36.5% | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 35.9% | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 34.4% | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 33.5% | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 32.5% | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 32.6% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 32.4% | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 32.8% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 34.2% | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 35.9% | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 37.2% | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 38.9% | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 39.8% | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 41.0% | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 41.4% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 41.6% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 41.4% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 41.4% | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 41.4% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 41.4% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 41.1% | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 41.4% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 41.2% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 40.6% | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 40.2% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 40.6% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 40.1% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 40.1% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 40.3% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 41.0% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 41.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 41.0% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 40.9% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 41.0% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 41.3% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 41.7% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 42.1% | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 41.7% | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 41.8% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 36.4% | 33.5% | 38.5% | 9 |
| 1990s | 35.7% | 32.4% | 41.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.3% | 40.6% | 41.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.6% | 40.1% | 41.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.7% | 41.3% | 42.1% | 5 |
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More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 41.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 42.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.4% in 1992.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 121st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, 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