Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Oecd Members
WB: Oecd Members: Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 55.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Oecd Members, 1992–2024
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: Oecd Members is 55.1%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Oecd Members peaked at 55.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 44.5%, in 1992.
WB: Oecd Members ranks 77th of 211 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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: Oecd Members, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 44.5% | — |
| 1993 | 45.6% | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 46.4% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 46.4% | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 47.0% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 47.5% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 47.4% | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 47.5% | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 47.9% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 49.1% | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 49.8% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 50.2% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 51.0% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 51.4% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 51.6% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 52.1% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 52.2% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 52.9% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 52.7% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 52.7% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 52.8% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 53.2% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 53.1% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 53.3% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 53.5% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 53.9% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 54.1% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 54.2% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 54.4% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 54.9% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 55.1% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 55.2% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 55.1% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.5% | 44.5% | 47.5% | 8 |
| 2000s | 50.8% | 47.9% | 52.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.4% | 52.7% | 54.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.0% | 54.4% | 55.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Oecd Members
More education data for WB: Oecd Members
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 5.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 30.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 36.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 57.13 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.18 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0557 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0572 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 37.11 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Oecd Members?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Oecd Members was 55.1% 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: Oecd Members?
- The highest recorded value was 55.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Oecd Members?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.5% in 1992.
- How does WB: Oecd Members rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- WB: Oecd Members ranks 77th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Oecd Members?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Oecd Members 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