Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 47.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) stood at 47.0%.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 47.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 33.2%, in 1994.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 129th 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 31 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 33.2% | — |
| 1995 | 34.0% | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 34.4% | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 35.1% | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 36.8% | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 38.4% | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 38.7% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 39.4% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 40.3% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 41.9% | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 42.3% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 43.0% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 43.7% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 43.8% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 45.6% | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 45.5% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 46.4% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 46.7% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 46.9% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 46.2% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 45.1% | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 45.5% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 44.8% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 44.9% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 45.3% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 45.7% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 45.7% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 46.0% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 47.0% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 46.8% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 47.0% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.3% | 33.2% | 38.4% | 6 |
| 2000s | 42.4% | 38.7% | 45.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.7% | 44.8% | 46.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.5% | 45.7% | 47.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 16.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.304 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6849 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 47.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 47.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.2% in 1994.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 129th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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