Cabo Verde: Secondary education, teachers (% female)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Cabo Verde's secondary education, teachers (% female) fell 4.59 percentage points on 2021 (from 55.15% to 50.57%).

Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2021), the average change was +0.73 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.64 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 6.35 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.59 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.09 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 82% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 55.24% for 2025. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2020 to 2022 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.93%, against 2.7% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Cabo Verde in the 2022 ranking

• Lao PDR — 3rd of 9: 51.8%
• Eswatini — 4th of 9: 51.67%
• Colombia — 5th of 9: 50.62%
• Eritrea — 7th of 9: 31.01%
• Benin — 8th of 9: 12.17%
• Comoros — 9th of 9: 10.74%

What this measures

Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Limitations: The indicator measures the level of gender representation in the teaching profession, rather than the effectiveness and quality of teaching.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 24 values

Secondary education, teachers (% female) in nearby economies

• Benin — 12.17% (2022)
• Botswana — 55.82% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 18.39% (2024)
• Burundi — 26.16% (2025)
• Cameroon — 40.92% (2023)
• Central African Republic — 46.82% (2017)
• Chad — 10.07% (2024)
• Comoros — 10.74% (2022)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 17.58% (2023)
• Congo, Rep. — 11.83% (2023)

More education data for Cabo Verde

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 61,167 (2022)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 102.97% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 102% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 103.89% (2022)
• Primary education, teachers — 3,031 (2022)
• Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

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Questions people ask

What is Cabo Verde's secondary education, teachers (% female)?

50.57% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1987?

It is up 1.58 percentage points from 48.99% in 1987. The highest value was 55.15% in 2021 and the lowest 39.08% in 2004.

Is the latest change in secondary education, teachers (% female) unusual for Cabo Verde?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.TCHR.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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