Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 32.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), 2003–2023
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: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) is 32.8%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 32.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 26.2%, in 2005.
WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 180th of 211 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 28.6% | — |
| 2004 | 27.7% | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 26.2% | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 28.0% | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 26.7% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 29.2% | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 29.8% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 29.1% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 30.8% | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 29.1% | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 27.9% | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 28.5% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 30.7% | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 30.1% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 30.9% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 31.8% | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 32.1% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 32.3% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 32.3% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 32.4% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 32.8% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.0% | 26.2% | 29.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 30.1% | 27.9% | 32.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.4% | 32.3% | 32.8% | 4 |
More education data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.08 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.36 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 10.53 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.34 % change on previous year (2021)
All data for WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) was 32.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 32.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.2% in 2005.
- How does WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 180th out of 211 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 21 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release