Teachers in upper secondary education, female in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries

UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries: Teachers in upper secondary education, female was 2.68 million in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
2.68 million
Change on year
up 5.6%
Rank
29th
of 211 groups
All-time high
2.68 million
in 2024
All-time low
511,793
in 1994
Years of data
31
1994–2024

Teachers in upper secondary education, female in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries, 1994–2024

500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M1994200920241994: 511.8k1995: 600.4k1996: 680.1k1997: 734.8k1998: 968.7k1999: 1.2M2000: 871.0k2001: 781.4k2002: 808.9k2003: 1.0M2004: 1.1M2005: 1.2M2006: 1.3M2007: 1.6M2008: 1.7M2009: 1.8M2010: 1.8M2011: 1.8M2012: 1.9M2013: 1.8M2014: 1.8M2015: 1.9M2016: 2.0M2017: 2.0M2018: 2.1M2019: 2.2M2020: 2.2M2021: 2.3M2022: 2.5M2023: 2.5M2024: 2.7M

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries recorded 2.68 million for teachers in upper secondary education, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 45.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in upper secondary education, female in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries peaked at 2.68 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 511,793, in 1994.

That places UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 29th out of 211 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Teachers in upper secondary education, female in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries, year by year

Annual values for Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number) in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries, 1994 to 2024.
Year Value Change
1994 511,793
1995 600,375 +17.3%
1996 680,077 +13.3%
1997 734,805 +8.0%
1998 968,674 +31.8%
1999 1.16 million +19.4%
2000 871,010 -24.7%
2001 781,369 -10.3%
2002 808,937 +3.5%
2003 1.01 million +25.4%
2004 1.08 million +6.2%
2005 1.20 million +11.4%
2006 1.28 million +7.0%
2007 1.56 million +21.3%
2008 1.68 million +7.5%
2009 1.77 million +5.6%
2010 1.83 million +3.4%
2011 1.82 million -0.7%
2012 1.87 million +2.8%
2013 1.78 million -4.9%
2014 1.84 million +3.8%
2015 1.91 million +3.9%
2016 1.96 million +2.5%
2017 2.03 million +3.7%
2018 2.14 million +5.4%
2019 2.17 million +1.4%
2020 2.19 million +0.8%
2021 2.31 million +5.4%
2022 2.47 million +6.9%
2023 2.54 million +2.9%
2024 2.68 million +5.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 775,429 511,793 1.16 million 6
2000s 1.20 million 781,369 1.77 million 10
2010s 1.94 million 1.78 million 2.17 million 10
2020s 2.44 million 2.19 million 2.68 million 5

Countries ranked near UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries

  1. 26 Saudi Arabia 62,089 compare
  2. 27 South Africa 60,900 compare
  3. 28 Kenya 57,908 compare
  4. 29 Sri Lanka 54,952 compare
  5. 30 Belgium 54,459 compare
  6. 31 Cambodia 42,419 compare
  7. 32 Romania 39,392 compare

See the full ranking of 363 places →

More education data for UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries

All data for UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries →

Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in upper secondary education, female in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries?
Teachers in upper secondary education, female in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries was 2.68 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries?
The highest recorded value was 2.68 million in 2024.
What is the lowest teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries?
The lowest recorded value was 511,793 in 1994.
How does UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries rank for teachers in upper secondary education, female?
UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries ranks 29th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
Is teachers in upper secondary education, female rising or falling in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries?
Over the last ten years it is up 45.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 31 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Teachers in upper secondary education, female in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/teachers-in-upper-secondary-education-female-number-2/unicef-east-asia-and-the-pacific-programme-countries/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/teachers-in-upper-secondary-education-female-number-2/unicef-east-asia-and-the-pacific-programme-countries/">Teachers in upper secondary education, female in UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number)
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
363 places, 8,192 data points, 1971–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release