Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: High Income (july 2025)
WB: High Income (july 2025): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 60.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: High Income (july 2025), 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: High Income (july 2025) recorded 60.2% for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: High Income (july 2025) peaked at 60.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 51.9%, in 1992.
That places WB: High Income (july 2025) 41st 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 WB: High Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 51.9% | — |
| 1993 | 52.8% | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 53.3% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 53.5% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 54.0% | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 54.3% | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 53.9% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 55.1% | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 55.8% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 56.9% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 57.3% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 57.5% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 58.0% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 58.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 58.3% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 58.6% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 58.7% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 59.0% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 58.7% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 58.7% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 59.0% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 59.3% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 59.0% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 59.4% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 59.5% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 59.8% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 60.1% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 60.4% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 59.8% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 60.3% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 60.3% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 60.3% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 60.2% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53.6% | 51.9% | 55.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 57.8% | 55.8% | 59.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.4% | 58.7% | 60.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.2% | 59.8% | 60.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: High Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: High Income (july 2025)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 54.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0898 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 51.82 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.1159 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 106.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 43.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0538 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.99 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: High Income (july 2025) was 60.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 60.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.9% in 1992.
- How does WB: High Income (july 2025) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- WB: High Income (july 2025) ranks 41st out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: High Income (july 2025) 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