Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in Eritrea
Eritrea: Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 34.3% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in Eritrea, 1996–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 34.3% for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in 2022. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 107.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in Eritrea peaked at 34.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 2007.
Eritrea ranks 130th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9.1% | — |
| 1997 | 10.7% | +18.1% |
| 1999 | 10.8% | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 10.3% | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 9.3% | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 10.0% | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 10.5% | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 12.8% | +22.1% |
| 2005 | 13.0% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 12.0% | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 8.5% | -29.2% |
| 2009 | 11.6% | +37.6% |
| 2010 | 19.5% | +67.4% |
| 2011 | 14.8% | -24.0% |
| 2012 | 16.5% | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 18.1% | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 20.3% | +12.4% |
| 2015 | 22.8% | +12.2% |
| 2016 | 21.2% | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 22.9% | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 25.0% | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 34.3% | +37.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.2% | 9.1% | 10.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 10.9% | 8.5% | 13.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 20.1% | 14.8% | 25.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 34.3% | 34.3% | 34.3% | 1 |
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More education data for Eritrea
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 28,835 (2022)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26,792 (2022)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 398,090 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23,881 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.69 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7908 % change on previous year (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in Eritrea?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in Eritrea was 34.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 34.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 2007.
- How does Eritrea rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- Eritrea ranks 130th out of 153 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release