Teachers in upper secondary education, female in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): Teachers in upper secondary education, 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 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% |
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)
- 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)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 31.91 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.5% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 20.91 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 3.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 31.38 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 15.29 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 14.69 million (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