Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 61.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
61.3%
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
29th
of 211 groups
All-time high
61.3%
in 2022
All-time low
49.9%
in 1992
Years of data
33
1992–2024
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203), 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) stood at 61.3%.
That represents a change of up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) peaked at 61.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 49.9%, in 1992.
ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) ranks 29th 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: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 49.9% | — |
| 1993 | 50.1% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 50.9% | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 50.7% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 51.1% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 51.5% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 51.9% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 52.0% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 52.5% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 54.5% | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 54.4% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 55.1% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 56.2% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 56.6% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 57.1% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 58.0% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 58.1% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 59.3% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 58.7% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 59.1% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 59.3% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 59.7% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 59.8% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 60.1% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 60.0% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 60.7% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 60.6% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 60.5% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 60.6% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 61.3% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 61.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 61.2% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 61.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51.0% | 49.9% | 52.0% | 8 |
| 2000s | 56.2% | 52.5% | 59.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.8% | 58.7% | 60.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.2% | 60.6% | 61.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
More education data for ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 19.17 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.39 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 233,619 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 6.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 23.26 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 11.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) was 61.3% 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: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- The highest recorded value was 61.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.9% in 1992.
- How does ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) ranks 29th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 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