Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 64.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200), 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) stood at 64.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) peaked at 65.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 57.4%, in 1992.
That places ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 23rd out of 211 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 57.4% | — |
| 1993 | 57.9% | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 58.1% | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 58.4% | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 59.1% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 59.5% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 59.5% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 60.7% | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 61.0% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 62.1% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 62.6% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 62.7% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 63.1% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 62.8% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 63.2% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 63.7% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 63.4% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 63.9% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 63.6% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 63.4% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 63.6% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 63.7% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 63.7% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 63.8% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 64.0% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 64.5% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 64.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 64.8% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 64.4% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 65.0% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 64.8% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 64.7% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 64.5% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.8% | 57.4% | 60.7% | 8 |
| 2000s | 62.9% | 61.0% | 63.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.0% | 63.4% | 64.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.7% | 64.4% | 65.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
More education data for ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 29.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 54.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.299 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 58.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.2912 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 38.11 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 794,026 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) was 64.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- The highest recorded value was 65.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.4% in 1992.
- How does ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) ranks 23rd out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 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