Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 47.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 1993–2024
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: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) is 47.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 47.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.0%, in 1993.
That places WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 123rd out of 211 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 30.0% | — |
| 1994 | 31.1% | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 31.0% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 31.5% | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 31.7% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 32.2% | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 32.7% | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 32.8% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 32.0% | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 31.8% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 32.7% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 31.4% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 32.0% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 34.0% | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 34.8% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 36.0% | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 37.4% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 38.2% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 38.3% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 38.3% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 40.5% | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 39.4% | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 39.7% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 39.6% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 40.3% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 40.1% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 42.5% | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 43.1% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 43.9% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 45.7% | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 46.1% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 47.3% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.5% | 30.0% | 32.7% | 7 |
| 2000s | 33.5% | 31.4% | 37.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.7% | 38.2% | 42.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.2% | 43.1% | 47.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2969 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 47.3% 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: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 47.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.0% in 1993.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 123rd out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Lower Middle 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