Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405): Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female was 73.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405), 2012–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) recorded 73.0% for percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) peaked at 87.8% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 73.0%, in 2022.
That places ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 137th out of 157 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 87.8% | — |
| 2013 | 76.8% | -12.6% |
| 2014 | 83.3% | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 83.2% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 84.9% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 85.6% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 86.1% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 84.2% | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 81.4% | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 79.1% | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 73.0% | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 84.0% | 76.8% | 87.8% | 8 |
| 2020s | 77.9% | 73.0% | 81.4% | 3 |
More education data for ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 50.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 19.22 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) was 73.0% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- The highest recorded value was 87.8% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.0% in 2022.
- How does ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female?
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) ranks 137th out of 157 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release