Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 60.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) is 60.3%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) peaked at 60.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 48.5%, in 1992.
ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 39th of 211 groups on this measure, 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: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 48.5% | — |
| 1993 | 48.8% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 49.6% | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 49.1% | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 49.5% | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 49.9% | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 50.4% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 50.2% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 50.1% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 52.7% | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 52.6% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 53.1% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 54.3% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 54.5% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 55.1% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 56.0% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 56.1% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 57.8% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 57.0% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 57.3% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 57.6% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 58.2% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 58.5% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 58.8% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 58.7% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 59.6% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 59.4% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 59.4% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 59.6% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 60.5% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 60.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 60.3% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 60.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.5% | 48.5% | 50.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 54.2% | 50.1% | 57.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.4% | 57.0% | 59.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.2% | 59.6% | 60.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
More education data for ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 187,449 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 5.09 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.83 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.002 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) was 60.3% 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: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The highest recorded value was 60.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.5% in 1992.
- How does ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) ranks 39th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 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