Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 49.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 49.8% for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 49.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.1%, in 1998.
That places GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 109th 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 28 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 39.6% | — |
| 1998 | 36.1% | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 37.7% | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 37.6% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 37.7% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 37.3% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 38.2% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 37.2% | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 37.0% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 39.8% | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 40.1% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 40.9% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 42.3% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 41.2% | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 41.1% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 41.6% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 40.0% | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 39.7% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 40.1% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 40.3% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 40.8% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 41.2% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 43.6% | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 44.5% | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 45.9% | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 48.5% | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 48.4% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 49.8% | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.8% | 36.1% | 39.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 38.8% | 37.0% | 42.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.0% | 39.7% | 43.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.4% | 44.5% | 49.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 64.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 67.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 132.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.324 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 49.8% 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: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 49.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.1% in 1998.
- How does GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 109th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Lower Middle Income 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