Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in MDG: Eastern Asia
MDG: Eastern Asia: Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female was 98.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in MDG: Eastern Asia, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in MDG: Eastern Asia stood at 98.2%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in MDG: Eastern Asia peaked at 98.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 89.6%, in 2015.
MDG: Eastern Asia ranks 7th of 151 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in MDG: Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 97.6% | — |
| 2015 | 89.6% | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 90.5% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 90.4% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 91.1% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 91.9% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 92.5% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 92.8% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 97.2% | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 97.8% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 98.2% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 91.9% | 89.6% | 97.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 95.7% | 92.5% | 98.2% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Eastern Asia
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 53.41 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.2925 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.03 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 103.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6211 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 60.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 9,711 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.52 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in MDG: Eastern Asia was 98.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.6% in 2015.
- How does MDG: Eastern Asia rank for percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female?
- MDG: Eastern Asia ranks 7th out of 151 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female rising or falling in MDG: Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Eastern Asia 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