Cayman Islands's secondary education, teachers (% female) was 66.32% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.38 percentage points from 67.7% in 2019.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 66.32% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 67.7% | 2019 |
| Highest | 70.19% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 43.06% | 1974 |
| Average since 2018 | 68.08% | 2018–2024 |
| First recorded | 43.06% | 1974 |
Over five years it is down 1.38 percentage points from 67.7% in 2019. Since 1974 it is up 23.26 percentage points from 43.06% in 1974. The World Bank has no value for 29 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2024, Cayman Islands' secondary education, teachers (% female) fell 3.87 percentage points on 2023 (from 70.19% to 66.32%).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (1977 to 2023), the average change was +3.47 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.62 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 18.93 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.87 percentage points in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Cayman Islands had the 30th highest value of the 84 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Cayman Islands | 66.32% | 2024 |
| World | 56.43% | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 60.52% | 2024 |
| High income | 64.41% | 2024 |
Closest to Cayman Islands in the 2024 ranking
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 22 values
| Year | Secondary education, teachers (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 66.32 |
| 2023 | 70.19 |
| 2022 | 69.71 |
| 2021 | 66.62 |
| 2020 | 68.18 |
| 2019 | 67.7 |
| 2018 | 67.82 |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 |
Secondary education, teachers (% female) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 73.99% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 65.69% (2024)
- Barbados — 65.35% (2024)
- Belize — 65.46% (2024)
- Bolivia — 52.14% (2024)
- Brazil — 61.59% (2024)
- British Virgin Islands — 71.79% (2023)
- Chile — 61.62% (2024)
- Colombia — 50.62% (2022)
- Costa Rica — 57.91% (2024)
More education data for Cayman Islands
- Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 4,334 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 95.74% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 96.73% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 94.74% (2024)
- Compulsory education, duration (years) — 12 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Cayman Islands's secondary education, teachers (% female)?
- 66.32% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1974?
- It is up 23.26 percentage points from 43.06% in 1974. The highest value was 70.19% in 2023 and the lowest 43.06% in 1974.
- How does Cayman Islands rank?
- 30th highest of 84 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in secondary education, teachers (% female) unusual for Cayman Islands?
- In 2024, Cayman Islands' secondary education, teachers (% female) fell 3.87 percentage points on 2023 (from 70.19% to 66.32%). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (1977 to 2023), the average change was +3.47 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.62 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
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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