Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)
UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 17.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) stood at 17.1%.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) peaked at 33.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 1991.
That places UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 10.1% | — |
| 1972 | 11.7% | +15.8% |
| 1978 | 9.3% | -21.0% |
| 1979 | 9.3% | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 9.8% | +5.2% |
| 1981 | 10.0% | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 9.0% | -9.7% |
| 1983 | 8.9% | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 9.5% | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 9.4% | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 9.2% | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 9.3% | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 9.3% | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 9.2% | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 9.1% | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 8.8% | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 8.8% | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 8.8% | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 8.9% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 9.0% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 9.3% | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 9.6% | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 10.0% | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 10.3% | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 10.5% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 10.3% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 10.0% | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 10.9% | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 9.9% | -9.5% |
| 2005 | 9.7% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 9.5% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 10.7% | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 11.1% | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 12.1% | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 13.4% | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 13.8% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 14.4% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 15.7% | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 16.5% | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 17.6% | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 17.7% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 17.7% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 18.6% | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 17.7% | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 24.0% | +35.4% |
| 2022 | 33.0% | +37.6% |
| 2023 | 17.1% | -48.2% |
| 2024 | 17.1% | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -48.2% | 33.0% | 17.1% |
| 2022 | +37.6% | 24.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021 | +35.4% | 17.7% | 24.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.1% | 9.3% | 11.7% | 4 |
| 1980s | 9.4% | 8.9% | 10.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.3% | 8.8% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.3% | 9.5% | 11.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.8% | 12.1% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.8% | 17.1% | 33.0% | 5 |
More education data for UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.18 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.04 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.9308 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.14 million (2024)
All data for UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) was 17.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)?
- The highest recorded value was 33.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 1991.
- How does UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) ranks 219th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 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