Dominica's secondary education, teachers (% female) was 69.86% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.96 percentage points from 71.82% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 69.86% | 2023 |
| Ten years earlier | 71.82% | 2013 |
| Highest | 73.59% | 2019 |
| Lowest | 52.99% | 1975 |
| Average since 2014 | 72.61% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 54.39% | 1973 |
Since 1973 it is up 15.48 percentage points from 54.39% in 1973. The World Bank has no value for 24 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2023, Dominica's secondary education, teachers (% female) fell 2.65 percentage points on 2022 (from 72.51% to 69.86%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2022), the average change was +0.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.13 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.71 percentage points in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.7 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 29% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Dominica had the 9th highest value of the 36 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dominica | 69.86% | 2023 |
| World | 56.43% | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 60.52% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 60.48% | 2024 |
Closest to Dominica in the 2023 ranking
- British Virgin Islands — 6th of 36: 71.79%
- Croatia — 7th of 36: 71.34%
- Portugal — 8th of 36: 70.24%
- Brunei Darussalam — 10th of 36: 69.68%
- Ireland — 11th of 36: 67.97%
- Cyprus — 12th of 36: 67.78%
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 27 values
| Year | Secondary education, teachers (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 69.86 |
| 2022 | 72.51 |
| 2021 | 73.11 |
| 2020 | 72.8 |
| 2019 | 73.59 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | 72.84 |
| 2015 | 73.27 |
| 2014 | 72.87 |
| 2013 |
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)
- Cayman Islands — 66.32% (2024)
- Chile — 61.62% (2024)
- Colombia — 50.62% (2022)
More education data for Dominica
- Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 5,427 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 97.66% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 97.91% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 97.41% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.95 (2021)
- Primary education, pupils (% female)
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Questions people ask
- What is Dominica's secondary education, teachers (% female)?
- 69.86% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1973?
- It is up 15.48 percentage points from 54.39% in 1973. The highest value was 73.59% in 2019 and the lowest 52.99% in 1975.
- How does Dominica rank?
- 9th highest of 36 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in secondary education, teachers (% female) unusual for Dominica?
- In 2023, Dominica's secondary education, teachers (% female) fell 2.65 percentage points on 2022 (from 72.51% to 69.86%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2022), the average change was +0.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.13 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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