Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Latin America
MDG: Latin America: Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 42.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Latin America, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Latin America is 42.2%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Latin America peaked at 42.9% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 26.5%, in 1971.
MDG: Latin America ranks 119th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Latin America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 26.5% | — |
| 1972 | 27.1% | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 34.2% | +26.2% |
| 1974 | 27.8% | -18.8% |
| 1975 | 28.7% | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 29.6% | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 29.0% | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 30.5% | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 30.6% | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 32.1% | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 32.8% | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 34.9% | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 36.7% | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 39.2% | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 38.7% | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 35.9% | -7.2% |
| 1987 | 36.2% | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 36.1% | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 35.9% | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 37.1% | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 36.8% | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 37.1% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 36.7% | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 36.8% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 38.3% | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 38.1% | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 39.8% | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 39.3% | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 39.1% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 39.6% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 40.0% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 42.7% | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 41.3% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 40.7% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 40.9% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 41.5% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 41.0% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 41.8% | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 42.9% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 42.3% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 41.9% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 41.6% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 40.7% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 40.8% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 40.9% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 41.1% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 41.2% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 41.4% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 41.5% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 41.5% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 41.7% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 42.0% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 42.3% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 42.2% | -0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Latin America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +26.2% | 27.1% | 34.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 29.3% | 26.5% | 34.2% | 9 |
| 1980s | 35.8% | 32.1% | 39.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 37.9% | 36.7% | 39.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.2% | 39.6% | 42.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.3% | 40.7% | 42.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.0% | 41.5% | 42.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Latin America
More education data for MDG: Latin America
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 60.47 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 650,773 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6143 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 29.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 30.47 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Latin America?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in MDG: Latin America was 42.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The highest recorded value was 42.9% in 2009.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in MDG: Latin America?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.5% in 1971.
- How does MDG: Latin America rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- MDG: Latin America ranks 119th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in MDG: Latin America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Latin America 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