Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 20.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) stood at 20.8%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.4% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) peaked at 20.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12.9%, in 2004.
That places WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 203rd out of 211 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 19.7% | — |
| 1999 | 17.8% | -9.6% |
| 2000 | 14.3% | -19.6% |
| 2001 | 14.6% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 14.2% | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 13.1% | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 12.9% | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 13.9% | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 15.7% | +13.1% |
| 2007 | 16.0% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 18.4% | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 18.0% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 17.0% | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 19.3% | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 18.5% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 18.6% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 20.4% | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 20.1% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 19.6% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 19.6% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 19.2% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 18.9% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 19.4% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 19.4% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 20.8% | +7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.8% | 17.8% | 19.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.1% | 12.9% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.0% | 17.0% | 20.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.6% | 18.9% | 20.8% | 4 |
More education data for WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4.79 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 25.42 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.88 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.13 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.57 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.23 million (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) was 20.8% 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: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The highest recorded value was 20.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.9% in 2004.
- How does WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) ranks 203rd out of 211 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 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