Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female was 81.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) recorded 81.8% for percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 90.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 79.1%, in 2022.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 72nd 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: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 90.7% | — |
| 2013 | 87.0% | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 89.7% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 89.2% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 88.3% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 87.7% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 88.1% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 87.0% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 87.1% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 84.8% | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 79.1% | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 84.4% | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 81.8% | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 88.5% | 87.0% | 90.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 83.4% | 79.1% | 87.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- 69 Syrian Arab Republic 59.2% compare
- 70 Cameroon 57.3% compare
- 71 Brunei Darussalam 56.6% compare
- 72 Belarus 55.9% compare
- 73 Maldives 55.8% compare
- 74 Lebanon 51.6% compare
- 75 Tanzania, United Republic of 51.6% compare
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 40.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.75 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7891 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 81.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 90.7% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.1% in 2022.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 72nd out of 151 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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