Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)
WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 39.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) recorded 39.7% for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 50.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) peaked at 39.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 20.6%, in 2005.
That places WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 158th out of 211 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 25.5% | — |
| 1998 | 24.8% | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 23.6% | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 23.1% | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 21.8% | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 20.6% | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 21.7% | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 21.3% | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 20.6% | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 24.2% | +18.0% |
| 2007 | 24.6% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 26.4% | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 28.0% | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 27.7% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 28.1% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 27.4% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 26.4% | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 26.3% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 27.9% | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 27.4% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 28.4% | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 29.1% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 31.8% | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 33.2% | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 35.3% | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 39.4% | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 39.7% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.6% | 23.6% | 25.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 23.2% | 20.6% | 28.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.1% | 26.3% | 31.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.9% | 33.2% | 39.7% | 4 |
More education data for WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 66.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 72.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 49.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 25.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 13.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) was 39.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)?
- The highest recorded value was 39.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.6% in 2005.
- How does WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) ranks 158th out of 211 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 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