Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification: Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 25.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification stood at 25.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification peaked at 26.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 18.6%, in 1976.
That places WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 186th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 20.6% | — |
| 1973 | 21.0% | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 19.2% | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 19.1% | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 18.6% | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 19.8% | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 19.1% | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 20.2% | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 20.0% | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 20.4% | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 19.0% | -7.0% |
| 1983 | 19.4% | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 20.3% | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 22.0% | +8.6% |
| 1986 | 21.9% | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 23.5% | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 22.0% | -6.4% |
| 1989 | 21.7% | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 20.8% | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 20.1% | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 19.9% | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 19.7% | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 20.2% | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 20.1% | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 20.8% | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 21.4% | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 21.8% | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 21.7% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 21.8% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 21.1% | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 21.4% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 21.0% | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 20.7% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 20.6% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 20.6% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 21.4% | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 22.1% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 22.2% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 22.1% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 22.8% | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 22.9% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 23.0% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 23.5% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 24.8% | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 26.0% | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 25.9% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 25.9% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 26.6% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 26.6% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 26.4% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 26.5% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 26.3% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 25.9% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.7% | 18.6% | 21.0% | 8 |
| 1980s | 21.0% | 19.0% | 23.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.7% | 19.7% | 21.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.3% | 20.6% | 22.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 22.1% | 26.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.3% | 25.9% | 26.6% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.3263 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7518 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.8795 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification was 25.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The highest recorded value was 26.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.6% in 1976.
- How does WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification ranks 186th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 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