Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Region 2
GPE: Region 2: Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 22.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Region 2, 1973–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Region 2 recorded 22.9% for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in 2023.
That represents a change of down 13.8% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Region 2 peaked at 26.7% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 11.5%, in 1978.
That places GPE: Region 2 201st out of 221 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Region 2, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 12.0% | — |
| 1974 | 11.7% | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 11.5% | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 11.8% | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 11.8% | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 11.5% | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 11.6% | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 11.7% | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 11.8% | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 12.2% | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 12.6% | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 12.3% | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 12.2% | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 12.3% | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 13.0% | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 14.5% | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 15.4% | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 16.4% | +6.1% |
| 1991 | 17.2% | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 18.2% | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 19.1% | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 20.4% | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 21.5% | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 22.9% | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 24.2% | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 25.5% | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 26.7% | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 24.7% | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 22.7% | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 21.3% | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 20.1% | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 19.4% | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 18.9% | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 18.3% | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 18.2% | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 17.4% | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 16.2% | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 15.3% | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 21.3% | +39.6% |
| 2012 | 22.0% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 22.6% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 22.6% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 23.4% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 23.4% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 23.3% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 22.9% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 23.0% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 22.7% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 24.1% | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 26.6% | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 22.9% | -13.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Region 2 changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +39.6% | 15.3% | 21.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.7% | 11.5% | 12.0% | 7 |
| 1980s | 12.8% | 11.7% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.2% | 16.4% | 26.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.7% | 16.2% | 24.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.0% | 15.3% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.1% | 22.7% | 26.6% | 4 |
More education data for GPE: Region 2
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.5 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8825 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5225 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.9266 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.51 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.30 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.41 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Region 2?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Region 2 was 22.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in GPE: Region 2?
- The highest recorded value was 26.7% in 1999.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in GPE: Region 2?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5% in 1978.
- How does GPE: Region 2 rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- GPE: Region 2 ranks 201st out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Region 2?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Region 2 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