Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 21.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) stood at 21.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.4% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 34.3% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 19.3%, in 2019.
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 201st of 211 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 34.3% | — |
| 1999 | 32.5% | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 31.4% | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 30.2% | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 29.1% | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 30.1% | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 29.7% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 29.0% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 28.5% | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 27.5% | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 27.7% | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 26.2% | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 26.2% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 25.0% | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 25.1% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 22.8% | -9.0% |
| 2014 | 21.7% | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 21.8% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 21.0% | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 20.3% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 20.1% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 19.3% | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 19.3% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 19.4% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 19.7% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 21.6% | +9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.4% | 32.5% | 34.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 29.0% | 26.2% | 31.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.3% | 19.3% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.0% | 19.3% | 21.6% | 4 |
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.13 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.22 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.86 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 21.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 34.3% in 1998.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.3% in 2019.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 201st out of 211 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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