Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)
WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 54.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) is 54.9%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) peaked at 56.1% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 51.0%, in 1999.
That places WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 15th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 51.0% | — |
| 2000 | 51.4% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 51.5% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 52.1% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 51.6% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 51.2% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 51.8% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 53.1% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 53.2% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 52.8% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 53.1% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 53.3% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 53.5% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 53.8% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 54.5% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 53.7% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 54.2% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 54.5% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 55.1% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 56.1% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 55.3% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 54.8% | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 55.1% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 55.0% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 55.2% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 54.9% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51.0% | 51.0% | 51.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 52.2% | 51.2% | 53.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.4% | 53.3% | 56.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.0% | 54.8% | 55.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)
More education data for WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 11.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.5726 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5449 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 15.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 8.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 8.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 180,868 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) was 54.9% 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- The highest recorded value was 56.1% in 2018.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd)?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.0% in 1999.
- How does WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) ranks 15th 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 (ida & Ibrd)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 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