Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024
GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 48.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
48.8%
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
37th
of 221 groups
All-time high
48.9%
in 2023
All-time low
18.6%
in 1970
Years of data
55
1970–2024
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 stood at 48.8%.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 peaked at 48.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 18.6%, in 1970.
GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 ranks 37th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 18.6% | — |
| 1971 | 18.7% | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 19.3% | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 19.9% | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 19.4% | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 19.8% | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 20.4% | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 20.9% | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 21.3% | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 19.7% | -7.8% |
| 1980 | 20.1% | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 20.5% | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 20.8% | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 20.9% | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 21.8% | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 22.6% | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 22.6% | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 23.9% | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 25.2% | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 26.2% | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 27.4% | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 28.2% | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 28.9% | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 29.5% | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 30.3% | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 30.9% | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 31.3% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 32.1% | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 32.9% | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 34.3% | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 35.3% | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 36.1% | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 37.0% | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 37.9% | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 39.7% | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 40.0% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 41.0% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 41.3% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 42.0% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 40.8% | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 41.8% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 41.7% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 41.8% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 42.7% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 43.4% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 44.2% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 41.8% | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 48.0% | +14.6% |
| 2018 | 47.6% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 47.8% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 47.1% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 48.5% | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 48.7% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 48.9% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 48.8% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.8% | 18.6% | 21.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.4% | 20.1% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.6% | 27.4% | 34.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.1% | 35.3% | 42.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.1% | 41.7% | 48.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.4% | 47.1% | 48.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.3823 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0909 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 118,929 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1097 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.62 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0715 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 654,101 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 221,115 (2024)
All data for GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 was 48.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 48.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.6% in 1970.
- How does GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 ranks 37th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release