Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 34.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) is 34.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) peaked at 34.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15.5%, in 1970.
MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) ranks 157th 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 MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 15.5% | — |
| 1971 | 22.4% | +45.0% |
| 1972 | 22.4% | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 22.4% | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 22.7% | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 22.6% | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 22.7% | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 23.0% | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 22.3% | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 23.0% | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 22.8% | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 22.1% | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 22.6% | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 22.6% | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 22.7% | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 22.6% | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 22.7% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 22.7% | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 23.4% | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 23.5% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 23.5% | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 23.7% | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 23.9% | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 24.2% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 24.7% | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 25.2% | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 26.0% | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 25.1% | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 25.2% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 25.6% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 26.7% | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 26.9% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 27.5% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 28.0% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 28.5% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 29.5% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 29.8% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 30.3% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 30.8% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 31.3% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 31.7% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 31.9% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 32.1% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 32.1% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 32.1% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 32.3% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 32.2% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 32.3% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 32.6% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 32.2% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 32.8% | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 33.5% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 34.1% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 34.3% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 34.4% | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +45.0% | 15.5% | 22.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.9% | 15.5% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.8% | 22.1% | 23.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.7% | 23.5% | 26.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.9% | 26.7% | 31.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.2% | 31.7% | 32.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.8% | 32.8% | 34.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
- 154 Sierra Leone 14.6% compare
- 155 Burundi 14.5% compare
- 156 Côte d'Ivoire 14.0% compare
- 157 Eritrea 13.8% compare
- 158 Afghanistan 13.7% compare
- 159 Congo 13.3% compare
- 160 Libya 13.2% compare
More education data for MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.288 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6275 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 290,219 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.185 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.57 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6242 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6303 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) was 34.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- The highest recorded value was 34.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.5% in 1970.
- How does MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) ranks 157th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 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