Teachers in secondary education, female (number) in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302): Teachers in secondary education, female (number) was 2.59 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Teachers in secondary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, teachers in secondary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) stood at 2.59 million. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in secondary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) peaked at 2.59 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 404,559, in 1971.
ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 71st 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 secondary education, female (number) in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 574,113 | — |
| 1971 | 404,559 | -29.5% |
| 1972 | 461,247 | +14.0% |
| 1973 | 499,248 | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 608,585 | +21.9% |
| 1975 | 634,001 | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 706,288 | +11.4% |
| 1977 | 765,497 | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 800,088 | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 1.33 million | +66.7% |
| 1980 | 1.36 million | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 1.38 million | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 1.40 million | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 1.43 million | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 1.46 million | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 978,484 | -33.0% |
| 1986 | 1.52 million | +55.8% |
| 1987 | 1.57 million | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 1.59 million | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 1.60 million | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 1.64 million | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 1.62 million | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 1.62 million | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 1.62 million | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.64 million | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 1.65 million | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 1.68 million | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 1.70 million | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 1.75 million | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 1.81 million | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 1.84 million | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 1.76 million | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 1.98 million | +12.9% |
| 2003 | 2.11 million | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 2.19 million | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 2.27 million | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 2.03 million | -10.7% |
| 2007 | 1.91 million | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 2.02 million | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 2.06 million | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 2.10 million | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 2.13 million | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 2.17 million | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 2.21 million | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 2.28 million | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 2.29 million | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2.30 million | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2.28 million | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 2.29 million | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 2.30 million | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 2.31 million | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2.35 million | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2.47 million | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 2.50 million | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 2.59 million | +3.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Teachers in secondary education, female (number) in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +66.7% | 800,088 | 1.33 million |
| 1986 | +55.8% | 978,484 | 1.52 million |
| 1985 | -33.0% | 1.46 million | 978,484 |
| 1971 | -29.5% | 574,113 | 404,559 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 678,730 | 404,559 | 1.33 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.43 million | 978,484 | 1.60 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.67 million | 1.62 million | 1.81 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.02 million | 1.76 million | 2.27 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.23 million | 2.10 million | 2.30 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.44 million | 2.31 million | 2.59 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)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4573 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.68 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 30.82 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 730,940 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.76 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in secondary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Teachers in secondary education, female in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) was 2.59 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in secondary education, female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.59 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest teachers in secondary education, female recorded in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- The lowest recorded value was 404,559 in 1971.
- How does ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) rank for teachers in secondary education, female?
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) ranks 71st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in secondary education, female rising or falling in ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. 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 UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release