Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female was 86.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) recorded 86.6% for percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 96.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 83.6%, in 2022.
That places ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 53rd out of 151 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 96.7% | — |
| 2013 | 92.9% | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 95.3% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 94.3% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 93.1% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 92.6% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 93.3% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 92.0% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 91.8% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 89.5% | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 83.6% | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 89.3% | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 86.6% | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 93.8% | 92.0% | 96.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 88.1% | 83.6% | 91.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- 50 Bahamas 93.3% compare
- 51 Namibia 93.1% compare
- 52 Seychelles 92.4% compare
- 53 Tonga 92.1% compare
- 54 Mongolia 90.5% compare
- 55 Micronesia, Federated States of 90.5% compare
- 56 Republic of Moldova 90.4% compare
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 34.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 16.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.304 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6849 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 49.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 17.81 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 86.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 96.7% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.6% in 2022.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 53rd out of 151 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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