Secondary education, teachers in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Secondary education, teachers was 72.4% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Secondary education, teachers in Puerto Rico, 2010–2018
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % female.
Analysis
The most recent figure for secondary education, teachers in Puerto Rico is 72.4%, measured in 2018.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, teachers in Puerto Rico peaked at 78.4% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 71.6%, in 2014.
That places Puerto Rico 29th out of 198 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
Secondary education, teachers in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | % female | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 78.4% | — |
| 2011 | 78.1% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 77.6% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 74.4% | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 71.6% | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 72.4% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 71.9% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 72.4% | +0.7% |
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More education data for Puerto Rico
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -5.09 % change on previous year (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 12,589 (2018)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -5.62 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 96,025 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, teachers in Puerto Rico?
- Secondary education, teachers in Puerto Rico was 72.4% in 2018, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, teachers recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 78.4% in 2010.
- What is the lowest secondary education, teachers recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.6% in 2014.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for secondary education, teachers?
- Puerto Rico ranks 29th out of 198 countries with data for 2018.
- Is secondary education, teachers rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Secondary education, teachers (% female). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.