Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 55.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
55.4%
Change on year
up 1.4%
Rank
74th
of 211 groups
All-time high
56.6%
in 2005
All-time low
36.8%
in 1971
Years of data
54
1971–2024
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) is 55.4%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) peaked at 56.6% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 36.8%, in 1971.
That places ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 74th out of 211 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 36.8% | — |
| 1972 | 38.3% | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 39.3% | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 40.4% | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 40.7% | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 40.8% | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 41.1% | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 41.4% | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 47.4% | +14.4% |
| 1980 | 47.7% | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 47.9% | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 48.0% | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 48.4% | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 48.7% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 43.1% | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 49.9% | +15.6% |
| 1987 | 50.5% | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 51.1% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 50.1% | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 51.5% | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 52.3% | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 51.1% | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 51.7% | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 52.8% | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 52.5% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 53.8% | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 54.5% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 54.9% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 55.2% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 54.7% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 52.1% | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 55.0% | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 55.1% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 56.3% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 56.6% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 55.3% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 53.0% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 53.6% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 53.8% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 53.7% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 53.6% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 53.9% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 53.5% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 53.4% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 53.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 53.3% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 53.3% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 53.4% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 53.6% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 53.7% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 54.2% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 54.4% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 54.7% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 55.4% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 40.7% | 36.8% | 47.4% | 9 |
| 1980s | 48.5% | 43.1% | 51.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 53.0% | 51.1% | 55.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 54.6% | 52.1% | 56.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.5% | 53.3% | 53.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.5% | 53.7% | 55.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
More education data for ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4573 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 30.82 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 730,940 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.76 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 55.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 56.6% in 2005.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.8% in 1971.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 74th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 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