Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Togo
Togo: Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 6.1% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Togo, 1972–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Togo is 6.1%, measured in 2021.
The figure is down 6.9% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Togo peaked at 20.4% in 1972 and was at its lowest, 6.0%, in 2015.
That places Togo 172nd out of 172 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Togo, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 20.4% | — |
| 1973 | 13.1% | -35.9% |
| 1974 | 9.0% | -31.5% |
| 1975 | 18.8% | +109.7% |
| 1978 | 8.1% | -57.1% |
| 1979 | 8.4% | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 10.3% | +23.2% |
| 1981 | 12.5% | +20.8% |
| 1982 | 16.7% | +34.2% |
| 1991 | 9.6% | -42.6% |
| 1992 | 9.6% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 9.2% | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 9.4% | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 8.2% | -13.4% |
| 1996 | 8.1% | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 10.2% | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 10.4% | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 9.5% | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 8.4% | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 8.8% | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 7.0% | -20.1% |
| 2004 | 9.1% | +29.4% |
| 2005 | 8.3% | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 10.8% | +30.4% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 6.8% | -37.6% |
| 2012 | 6.7% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 6.6% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 6.3% | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 6.0% | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 6.4% | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 6.6% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 6.5% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 6.5% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 6.1% | -6.9% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 6.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 35.4%, 17% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Togo's 6.1% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20.7%, 29% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Togo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +109.7% | 9.0% | 18.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.0% | 8.1% | 20.4% | 6 |
| 1980s | 13.2% | 10.3% | 16.7% | 3 |
| 1990s | 9.3% | 8.1% | 10.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 9.1% | 7.0% | 10.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 6.0% | 6.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 6.3% | 6.1% | 6.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 169 Chad 7.9% compare
- 170 Mauritania 7.4% compare
- 171 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.3% compare
More education data for Togo
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 51,488 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 40,377 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 113,983 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 116,788 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 915,214 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.66 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.4127 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1972 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Togo?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Togo was 6.1% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 20.4% in 1972.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.0% in 2015.
- How does Togo rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- Togo ranks 172nd out of 172 countries with data for 2021.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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 — 36 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release