Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Region 2
GPE: Region 2: Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 29.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Region 2, 1998–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Region 2 stood at 29.6%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Region 2 peaked at 29.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 14.8%, in 2005.
That places GPE: Region 2 189th out of 211 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Region 2, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 19.8% | — |
| 1999 | 19.1% | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 19.5% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 20.0% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 17.3% | -13.6% |
| 2003 | 19.0% | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 16.4% | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 14.8% | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 18.7% | +25.8% |
| 2007 | 17.1% | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 22.3% | +30.6% |
| 2009 | 23.6% | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 26.1% | +10.8% |
| 2011 | 26.8% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 23.7% | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 22.2% | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 21.1% | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 24.5% | +16.2% |
| 2016 | 24.6% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 26.0% | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 27.9% | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 28.1% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 29.1% | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 29.0% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 29.6% | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.4% | 19.1% | 19.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 18.9% | 14.8% | 23.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.1% | 21.1% | 28.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.2% | 29.0% | 29.6% | 3 |
More education data for GPE: Region 2
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.5 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8825 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5225 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.9266 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.51 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.30 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.41 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Region 2?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Region 2 was 29.6% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: Region 2?
- The highest recorded value was 29.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: Region 2?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 2005.
- How does GPE: Region 2 rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- GPE: Region 2 ranks 189th out of 211 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Region 2?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Region 2 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