Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
WB: Africa Eastern and Southern: Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female was 67.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, 2013–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern stood at 67.4%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern peaked at 82.4% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 67.4%, in 2023.
That places WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 116th out of 151 groups with data for 2023, 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 pre-primary education, female in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 82.4% | — |
| 2014 | 80.1% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 77.5% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 76.6% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 76.4% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 77.4% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 77.1% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 74.6% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 79.1% | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 72.2% | -8.7% |
| 2023 | 67.4% | -6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 78.2% | 76.4% | 82.4% | 7 |
| 2020s | 73.3% | 67.4% | 79.1% | 4 |
More education data for WB: Africa Eastern and Southern
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.71 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.23 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.92 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.91 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.18 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.98 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.9717 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 46.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern was 67.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female recorded in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The highest recorded value was 82.4% in 2013.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female recorded in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.4% in 2023.
- How does WB: Africa Eastern and Southern rank for percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female?
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 116th out of 151 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female rising or falling in WB: Africa Eastern and Southern?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release