Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 44.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
44.4%
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
71st
of 221 groups
All-time high
44.5%
in 2023
All-time low
32.9%
in 1974
Years of data
52
1972–2024
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), 1972–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) is 44.4%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 44.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32.9%, in 1974.
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 71st of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 38.9% | — |
| 1974 | 32.9% | -15.6% |
| 1975 | 37.8% | +15.0% |
| 1976 | 38.0% | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 38.0% | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 38.1% | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 38.2% | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 37.8% | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 37.4% | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 37.8% | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 37.7% | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 38.4% | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 38.3% | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 37.5% | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 37.3% | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 37.1% | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 37.2% | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 37.2% | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 37.3% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 36.5% | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 36.4% | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 36.6% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 38.5% | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 39.4% | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 40.7% | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 41.3% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 42.2% | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 42.8% | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 43.0% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 43.6% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 42.9% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 42.7% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 43.0% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 43.2% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 43.5% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 43.7% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 44.2% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 44.0% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 43.6% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 43.3% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 43.3% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 43.3% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 43.4% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 43.5% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 43.9% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 44.2% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 44.0% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 44.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 44.2% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 44.3% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 44.5% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 44.4% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 37.4% | 32.9% | 38.9% | 7 |
| 1980s | 37.6% | 37.1% | 38.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 38.6% | 36.4% | 42.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 43.3% | 42.7% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.7% | 43.3% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.3% | 44.0% | 44.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 701.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 363.75 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 337.78 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 103.52 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.57 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 24.25 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) was 44.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 44.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.9% in 1974.
- How does WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 71st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 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