Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)

WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 54.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
54.7%
Change on year
down 0.5%
Rank
16th
of 221 groups
All-time high
55.0%
in 2023
All-time low
48.5%
in 1996
Years of data
28
1996–2024

Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 48.5 %1998: 48.9 %1999: 49.1 %2000: 49.7 %2001: 50.3 %2002: 50.9 %2003: 51 %2004: 51.6 %2005: 52 %2006: 51.9 %2007: 52.2 %2008: 52.8 %2009: 52.6 %2010: 52.5 %2011: 52.6 %2012: 53 %2013: 52.8 %2014: 52.9 %2015: 52.9 %2016: 52.3 %2017: 52.9 %2018: 52.8 %2019: 53 %2020: 53.1 %2021: 54.1 %2022: 54.2 %2023: 55 %2024: 54.7 %

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) recorded 54.7% for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in 2024.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) peaked at 55.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.5%, in 1996.

WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 16th of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.

Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), year by year

Annual values for Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female (%) in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income), 1996 to 2024.
Year % Change
1996 48.5%
1998 48.9% +0.9%
1999 49.1% +0.3%
2000 49.7% +1.4%
2001 50.3% +1.1%
2002 50.9% +1.2%
2003 51.0% +0.3%
2004 51.6% +1.1%
2005 52.0% +0.8%
2006 51.9% -0.3%
2007 52.2% +0.6%
2008 52.8% +1.3%
2009 52.6% -0.4%
2010 52.5% -0.1%
2011 52.6% +0.2%
2012 53.0% +0.6%
2013 52.8% -0.2%
2014 52.9% +0.1%
2015 52.9% +0.2%
2016 52.3% -1.2%
2017 52.9% +1.2%
2018 52.8% -0.2%
2019 53.0% +0.3%
2020 53.1% +0.2%
2021 54.1% +1.9%
2022 54.2% +0.3%
2023 55.0% +1.3%
2024 54.7% -0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 48.8% 48.5% 49.1% 3
2000s 51.5% 49.7% 52.8% 10
2010s 52.8% 52.3% 53.0% 10
2020s 54.2% 53.1% 55.0% 5

Countries ranked near WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)

  1. 13 Moldova 60.1% compare
  2. 14 Russia 59.6% compare
  3. 15 Albania 58.9% compare
  4. 16 Cayman Islands 58.8% compare
  5. 17 Saint Lucia 58.4% compare
  6. 18 Thailand 56.3% compare
  7. 19 Lithuania 56.2% compare

See the full ranking of 393 places →

More education data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)

All data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) →

Frequently asked questions

What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) was 54.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
The highest recorded value was 55.0% in 2023.
What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
The lowest recorded value was 48.5% in 1996.
How does WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) ranks 16th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 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 — 28 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income). Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/percentage-of-teachers-in-tertiary-education-who-are-female-percent/wb-europe-and-central-asia-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/percentage-of-teachers-in-tertiary-education-who-are-female-percent/wb-europe-and-central-asia-excluding-high-income/">Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
393 places, 12,643 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release