Teachers in lower secondary education, female in Palestine, State of

Palestine, State of: Teachers in lower secondary education, female was 18,366 number in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
18,366 number
Change on year
up 8.3%
World rank
56th
of 138 countries
All-time high
18,366 number
in 2019
All-time low
6,469 number
in 2000
Years of data
21
1999–2019

Teachers in lower secondary education, female in Palestine, State of, 1999–2019

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k1999200920191999: 7.0k number2000: 6.5k number2001: 7.9k number2002: 8.2k number2003: 8.0k number2004: 9.4k number2005: 10.4k number2006: 9.8k number2007: 10.8k number2008: 11.2k number2009: 11.6k number2010: 12.5k number2011: 13.7k number2012: 13.9k number2013: 14.1k number2014: 14.3k number2015: 14.5k number2016: 14.8k number2017: 14.7k number2018: 17.0k number2019: 18.4k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, teachers in lower secondary education, female in Palestine, State of stood at 18,366 number. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.

That represents a change of up 8.3% on the previous year and up 57.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in lower secondary education, female in Palestine, State of peaked at 18,366 number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6,469 number, in 2000.

That places Palestine, State of 56th out of 138 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Teachers in lower secondary education, female in Palestine, State of, year by year

Annual values for Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number) in Palestine, State of, 1999 to 2019.
Year number Change
1999 6,984 number
2000 6,469 number -7.4%
2001 7,937 number +22.7%
2002 8,150 number +2.7%
2003 8,038 number -1.4%
2004 9,425 number +17.3%
2005 10,441 number +10.8%
2006 9,779 number -6.3%
2007 10,772 number +10.2%
2008 11,219 number +4.1%
2009 11,640 number +3.8%
2010 12,466 number +7.1%
2011 13,706 number +9.9%
2012 13,889 number +1.3%
2013 14,137 number +1.8%
2014 14,337 number +1.4%
2015 14,514 number +1.2%
2016 14,830 number +2.2%
2017 14,745 number -0.6%
2018 16,960 number +15.0%
2019 18,366 number +8.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 6,984 number 6,984 number 6,984 number 1
2000s 9,387 number 6,469 number 11,640 number 10
2010s 14,795 number 12,466 number 18,366 number 10

Countries ranked near Palestine, State of

  1. 53 Jordan 19,527 number compare
  2. 54 Chile 18,863 number compare
  3. 55 Norway 18,474 number compare
  4. 57 Lithuania 17,916 number compare
  5. 58 Nepal 17,796 number compare
  6. 59 Croatia 17,611 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in lower secondary education, female in Palestine, State of?
Teachers in lower secondary education, female in Palestine, State of was 18,366 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in lower secondary education, female recorded in Palestine, State of?
The highest recorded value was 18,366 number in 2019.
What is the lowest teachers in lower secondary education, female recorded in Palestine, State of?
The lowest recorded value was 6,469 number in 2000.
How does Palestine, State of rank for teachers in lower secondary education, female?
Palestine, State of ranks 56th out of 138 countries with data for 2019.
Is teachers in lower secondary education, female rising or falling in Palestine, State of?
Over the last ten years it is up 57.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Palestine, State of data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Teachers in lower secondary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 2,960 data points, 1970–2020
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Total number of female teachers in public and private lower secondary education institutions (ISCED 2). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.