Teachers in upper secondary education, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Teachers in upper secondary education, female was 2.12 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Teachers in upper secondary education, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1994–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 2.12 million number for teachers in upper secondary education, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in upper secondary education, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 2.12 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 507,858 number, in 1994.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 11th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Teachers in upper secondary education, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 507,858 number | — |
| 1995 | 597,359 number | +17.6% |
| 1996 | 678,858 number | +13.6% |
| 1997 | 734,966 number | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 931,758 number | +26.8% |
| 1999 | 1.16 million number | +24.2% |
| 2000 | 873,747 number | -24.5% |
| 2001 | 785,961 number | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 814,938 number | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 1.02 million number | +25.4% |
| 2004 | 1.10 million number | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 1.20 million number | +9.4% |
| 2006 | 1.28 million number | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 1.55 million number | +20.8% |
| 2008 | 1.66 million number | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 1.75 million number | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 1.80 million number | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 1.78 million number | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 1.83 million number | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 1.73 million number | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 1.79 million number | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 1.86 million number | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1.91 million number | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 1.97 million number | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 2.08 million number | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 2.12 million number | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 767,970 number | 507,858 number | 1.16 million number | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.20 million number | 785,961 number | 1.75 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.89 million number | 1.73 million number | 2.12 million number | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More education data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 161.08 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 179.31 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.5749 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0837 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.1% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.13 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in upper secondary education, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Teachers in upper secondary education, female in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 2.12 million number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.12 million number in 2019.
- What is the lowest teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 507,858 number in 1994.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for teachers in upper secondary education, female?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 11th out of 45 groups with data for 2019.
- Is teachers in upper secondary education, female rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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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Total number of female teachers in public and private upper secondary education institutions (ISCED 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.