Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 35.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) recorded 35.0% for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) peaked at 35.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 31.3%, in 2005.
That places ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 171st out of 211 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 32.5% | — |
| 1998 | 33.0% | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 33.1% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 32.6% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 32.8% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 31.7% | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 32.2% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 31.7% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 31.3% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 32.5% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 31.6% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 32.8% | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 33.1% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 32.8% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 33.8% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 32.9% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 31.8% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 32.1% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 33.4% | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 33.0% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 33.5% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 34.3% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 34.3% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 34.6% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 34.6% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 34.8% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 35.0% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.9% | 32.5% | 33.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 32.2% | 31.3% | 33.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.2% | 31.8% | 34.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.7% | 34.6% | 35.0% | 4 |
More education data for ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 50.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 19.22 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.29 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 9.24 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) was 35.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.3% in 2005.
- How does ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) ranks 171st out of 211 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release