Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 37.9% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 1998–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) recorded 37.9% for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in 2022. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 39.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 37.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17.7%, in 2005.
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 161st of 211 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 25.7% | — |
| 1999 | 25.0% | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 26.5% | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 27.4% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 20.8% | -24.2% |
| 2003 | 25.4% | +22.5% |
| 2004 | 20.8% | -18.1% |
| 2005 | 17.7% | -15.1% |
| 2006 | 24.8% | +40.3% |
| 2007 | 21.5% | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 26.4% | +22.4% |
| 2009 | 29.4% | +11.7% |
| 2010 | 33.1% | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 33.6% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 27.2% | -19.2% |
| 2013 | 26.1% | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 25.1% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 29.8% | +18.6% |
| 2016 | 31.2% | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 33.6% | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 35.7% | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 36.6% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 37.5% | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 37.4% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 37.9% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.3% | 25.0% | 25.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 24.1% | 17.7% | 29.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.2% | 25.1% | 36.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.6% | 37.4% | 37.9% | 3 |
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31.31 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 37.9% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 37.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.7% in 2005.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 161st out of 211 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 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