Teachers in upper secondary education, female in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Teachers in upper secondary education, female was 2.31 million number in 2019. ▲ Rising
Teachers in upper secondary education, female in East Asia & Pacific, 1994–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific recorded 2.31 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 0.5% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in upper secondary education, female in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 2.31 million number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 680,892 number, in 1994.
That places East Asia & Pacific 8th out of 43 groups with data for 2019, putting it 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, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 680,892 number | — |
| 1995 | 772,575 number | +13.5% |
| 1996 | 859,901 number | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 867,332 number | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 1.12 million number | +29.1% |
| 1999 | 1.35 million number | +20.2% |
| 2000 | 1.07 million number | -20.7% |
| 2001 | 983,661 number | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 1.02 million number | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 1.23 million number | +20.5% |
| 2004 | 1.31 million number | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 1.41 million number | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 1.49 million number | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 1.76 million number | +18.1% |
| 2008 | 1.87 million number | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 1.97 million number | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 2.02 million number | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 2.02 million number | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 2.06 million number | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 1.96 million number | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 2.03 million number | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 2.09 million number | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 2.13 million number | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 2.20 million number | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 2.30 million number | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 2.31 million number | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 941,225 number | 680,892 number | 1.35 million number | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.41 million number | 983,661 number | 1.97 million number | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.11 million number | 1.96 million number | 2.31 million number | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
More education data for East Asia & Pacific
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 191.34 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.4731 % change on previous year (2024)
- Population ages 15-64 68.5% (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10.94 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0801 units per person (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 100.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0046 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in upper secondary education, female in East Asia & Pacific?
- Teachers in upper secondary education, female in East Asia & Pacific was 2.31 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?
- The highest recorded value was 2.31 million number in 2019.
- What is the lowest teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 680,892 number in 1994.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for teachers in upper secondary education, female?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 8th out of 43 groups with data for 2019.
- Is teachers in upper secondary education, female rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific 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.