ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) vs Iraq: Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
61.5%
in 2024
Iraq
68.8%
in 2007
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank
142nd
Iraq rank
142nd

Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female over time

  • ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
  • Iraq
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How they compare

Iraq currently reports 68.8% against 61.5% in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), a difference of 7.3%.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 28 shared years of data; in 1971 it was ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ahead.

ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 142nd and Iraq ranks 142nd of 221 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) averaged higher in 1 and Iraq in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) Iraq Difference Ahead
1970s 38.7% 37.4% 1.3% ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
1980s 41.8% 59.3% 17.5% Iraq
1990s 45.6% 70.5% 25.0% Iraq
2000s 50.5% 71.4% 20.8% Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher percentage of teachers in primary education who are female, ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) or Iraq?
Iraq, at 68.8% against 61.5% in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) as of 2007.
What is the difference in percentage of teachers in primary education who are female between ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) and Iraq?
7.3%, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) and Iraq?
28 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2007.
How do ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) and Iraq rank globally for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 142nd and Iraq ranks 142nd of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
433 places, 17,737 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release