Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in UNICEF: North America
UNICEF: North America: Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 59.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in UNICEF: North America, 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in UNICEF: North America is 59.4%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in UNICEF: North America peaked at 59.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.3%, in 1992.
That places UNICEF: North America 46th out of 211 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in UNICEF: North America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 49.3% | — |
| 1993 | 52.3% | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 52.3% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 52.3% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 52.3% | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 52.3% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 52.4% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 52.3% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 52.3% | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 54.4% | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 56.5% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 56.6% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 57.1% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 57.1% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 57.1% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 57.1% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 57.1% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 57.7% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 57.8% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 58.0% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 58.1% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 58.2% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 58.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 58.2% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 59.0% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 58.9% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 58.9% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 59.0% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 59.0% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 59.4% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 59.3% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 59.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 59.4% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51.9% | 49.3% | 52.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 56.3% | 52.3% | 57.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.4% | 57.8% | 59.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.3% | 59.0% | 59.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: North America
- 43 Barbados 65.3% compare
- 44 Grenada 65.1% compare
- 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
More education data for UNICEF: North America
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 19.12 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.2592 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3043 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3047 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -2.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in UNICEF: North America?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in UNICEF: North America was 59.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: North America?
- The highest recorded value was 59.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.3% in 1992.
- How does UNICEF: North America rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- UNICEF: North America ranks 46th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in UNICEF: North America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: North America 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