Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female was 65.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 2013–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) stood at 65.3%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 77.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 65.3%, in 2023.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 125th of 151 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 77.0% | — |
| 2014 | 75.3% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 74.6% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 73.2% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 73.1% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 74.2% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 74.0% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 71.6% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 73.6% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 68.2% | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 65.3% | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 74.5% | 73.1% | 77.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 69.7% | 65.3% | 73.6% | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.89 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 38.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 65.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 77.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.3% in 2023.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 125th out of 151 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release