Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled was 2.53 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 1970–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) recorded 2.53 million for teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) peaked at 2.53 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.09 million, in 1971.
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 78th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.15 million | — |
| 1971 | 1.09 million | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 1.12 million | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 1.16 million | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 1.19 million | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 1.22 million | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 1.24 million | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 1.29 million | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 1.34 million | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 1.42 million | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 1.46 million | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 1.48 million | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 1.54 million | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 1.55 million | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 1.61 million | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 1.64 million | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 1.62 million | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 1.71 million | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 1.78 million | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 1.78 million | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 1.86 million | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 1.83 million | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 1.88 million | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 1.92 million | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 1.97 million | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 1.87 million | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 1.91 million | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 2.10 million | +10.1% |
| 1998 | 1.92 million | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 2.07 million | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 2.12 million | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 2.20 million | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 2.23 million | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 2.23 million | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2.24 million | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 2.25 million | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 2.14 million | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 2.21 million | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 2.23 million | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 2.24 million | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 2.25 million | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2.26 million | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 2.29 million | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 2.32 million | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 2.33 million | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 2.33 million | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2.33 million | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2.34 million | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2.35 million | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 2.35 million | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.35 million | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.35 million | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 2.40 million | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.48 million | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 2.53 million | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.22 million | 1.09 million | 1.42 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.62 million | 1.46 million | 1.78 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.93 million | 1.83 million | 2.10 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.21 million | 2.12 million | 2.25 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.31 million | 2.25 million | 2.35 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.42 million | 2.35 million | 2.53 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
More education data for ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 730,940 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.76 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 13.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 6.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 2.53 million in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.53 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.09 million in 1971.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 78th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Teachers in primary education, female (number) with 851 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
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- Teachers in primary education, female UNESCO Institute for Statistics
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About this data
Teachers in primary education, female (number) with 851 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.