Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024: Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 58.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 recorded 58.7% for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 58.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.8%, in 1994.
That places GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 48th out of 211 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 29.8% | — |
| 1995 | 32.0% | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 37.8% | +18.1% |
| 1997 | 38.0% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 38.8% | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 39.2% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 39.0% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 39.8% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 40.0% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 41.0% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 40.4% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 45.3% | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 43.1% | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 50.6% | +17.2% |
| 2008 | 46.3% | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 47.0% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 48.3% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 52.6% | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 52.7% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 51.8% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 52.6% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 51.7% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 50.9% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 54.5% | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 56.0% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 56.4% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 57.2% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 57.5% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 57.9% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 58.4% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 58.7% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.9% | 29.8% | 39.2% | 6 |
| 2000s | 43.3% | 39.0% | 50.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.8% | 48.3% | 56.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.9% | 57.2% | 58.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- 45 Cook Islands 65.0% compare
- 45 Gibraltar 65.0% compare
- 47 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 65.0% compare
- 48 British Virgin Islands 64.9% compare
- 49 Argentina 64.5% compare
- 50 Philippines 64.2% compare
- 51 Uzbekistan 63.9% compare
More education data for GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 8.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 3.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.70 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 15.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 5.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.05 million (2024)
All data for GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 58.7% 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: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 58.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.8% in 1994.
- How does GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 48th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Upper 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