Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification: Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 22.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification is 22.6%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification peaked at 22.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15.6%, in 2000.
That places WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 199th out of 211 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 20.4% | — |
| 1998 | 16.9% | -17.2% |
| 1999 | 16.8% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 15.6% | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 16.5% | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 15.9% | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 16.0% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 17.2% | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 16.0% | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 17.3% | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 17.4% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 18.0% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 18.2% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 17.2% | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 17.6% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 18.1% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 18.1% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 18.0% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 19.3% | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 19.1% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 19.7% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 18.9% | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 20.0% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 20.2% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 20.7% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 20.9% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 22.2% | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 22.6% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.0% | 16.8% | 20.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 16.8% | 15.6% | 18.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.6% | 17.2% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.3% | 20.2% | 22.6% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.3263 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.37 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7518 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 39.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 22.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.90 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.8795 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification was 22.6% 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: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The highest recorded value was 22.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.6% in 2000.
- How does WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification ranks 199th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 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