Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 37.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, 2002–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 37.2% for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 37.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 2004.
That places GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 167th out of 211 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 20.4% | — |
| 2003 | 20.4% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 14.5% | -28.7% |
| 2005 | 20.2% | +39.0% |
| 2006 | 23.6% | +17.0% |
| 2007 | 25.6% | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 27.8% | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 31.4% | +13.0% |
| 2010 | 31.2% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 31.2% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 30.0% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 30.7% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 30.1% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 30.8% | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 32.6% | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 33.1% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 35.3% | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 35.5% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 36.8% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 36.6% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 37.5% | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 34.8% | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 37.2% | +6.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +39.0% | 14.5% | 20.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.0% | 14.5% | 31.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 32.0% | 30.0% | 35.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.6% | 34.8% | 37.5% | 5 |
More education data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 7.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.99 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 320,705 (2024)
All data for GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 37.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 37.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 2004.
- How does GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 167th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 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