Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Post-demographic Dividend
WB: Post-demographic Dividend: Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 57.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Post-demographic Dividend, 1992–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Post-demographic Dividend recorded 57.0% 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 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Post-demographic Dividend peaked at 57.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 46.2%, in 1992.
That places WB: Post-demographic Dividend 54th 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 33 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Post-demographic Dividend, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 46.2% | — |
| 1993 | 47.3% | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 48.1% | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 48.2% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 48.7% | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 49.1% | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 48.6% | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 49.0% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 49.3% | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 51.0% | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 51.7% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 52.1% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 52.8% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 53.1% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 53.5% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 54.1% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 54.1% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 54.9% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 54.6% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 54.7% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 55.0% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 55.4% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 55.5% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 55.7% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 55.8% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 56.0% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 56.0% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 56.2% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 56.4% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 57.0% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 57.1% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 57.1% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 57.0% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.2% | 46.2% | 49.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 52.7% | 49.3% | 54.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.5% | 54.6% | 56.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.9% | 56.4% | 57.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Post-demographic Dividend
- 51 Uzbekistan 63.9% compare
- 52 Hungary 63.3% compare
- 53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 63.1% compare
- 54 Cayman Islands 63.0% compare
- 55 North Macedonia 62.7% compare
- 56 Cyprus 62.6% compare
- 57 Belgium 62.2% compare
More education data for WB: Post-demographic Dividend
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 40.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0449 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 43.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.0437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 50.69 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 821,878 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Post-demographic Dividend was 57.0% 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: Post-demographic Dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 57.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.2% in 1992.
- How does WB: Post-demographic Dividend rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend ranks 54th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Post-demographic Dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Post-demographic Dividend 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