Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number) (upper female) in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number) (upper female) was 1.16 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
Teachers in upper secondary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) recorded 1.16 million for teachers in upper secondary education, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in upper secondary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 1.16 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 122,490, in 1971.
That places ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 62nd out of 211 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number) (upper female) in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 122,490 | — |
| 1972 | 143,418 | +17.1% |
| 1973 | 162,667 | +13.4% |
| 1974 | 196,784 | +21.0% |
| 1975 | 201,869 | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 227,633 | +12.8% |
| 1977 | 246,292 | +8.2% |
| 1978 | 258,471 | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 510,892 | +97.7% |
| 1980 | 518,812 | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 519,711 | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 528,367 | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 543,312 | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 551,920 | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 320,674 | -41.9% |
| 1986 | 577,815 | +80.2% |
| 1987 | 588,516 | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 596,861 | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 555,021 | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 609,097 | +9.7% |
| 1991 | 615,752 | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 566,060 | -8.1% |
| 1993 | 572,983 | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 613,712 | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 588,288 | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 638,716 | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 649,342 | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 664,760 | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 672,332 | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 633,068 | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 556,046 | -12.2% |
| 2002 | 674,984 | +21.4% |
| 2003 | 723,461 | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 796,302 | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 832,680 | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 801,180 | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 758,963 | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 817,774 | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 839,378 | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 863,587 | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 884,046 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 901,186 | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 914,684 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 960,769 | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 965,346 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 974,554 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 991,240 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.01 million | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.04 million | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 1.05 million | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 1.08 million | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 1.13 million | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 1.13 million | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.16 million | +2.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number) (upper female) in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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 | +97.7% | 258,471 | 510,892 |
| 1986 | +80.2% | 320,674 | 577,815 |
| 1985 | -41.9% | 551,920 | 320,674 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 230,057 | 122,490 | 510,892 | 9 |
| 1980s | 530,101 | 320,674 | 596,861 | 10 |
| 1990s | 619,104 | 566,060 | 672,332 | 10 |
| 2000s | 743,384 | 556,046 | 839,378 | 10 |
| 2010s | 950,011 | 863,587 | 1.04 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.11 million | 1.05 million | 1.16 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 13.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 740,763 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 31.91 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6877 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in upper secondary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Teachers in upper secondary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 1.16 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 122,490 in 1971.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for teachers in upper secondary education, female?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 62nd out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teachers in upper secondary education, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release