Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female was 65.2% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 2010–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) is 65.2%, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 95.6% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 60.1%, in 2013.
That places ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 172nd out of 183 groups with data for 2020, 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 primary education, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 95.6% | — |
| 2011 | 81.8% | -14.5% |
| 2012 | 79.5% | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 60.1% | -24.4% |
| 2014 | 62.1% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 65.3% | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 65.6% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 66.3% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 65.7% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 65.4% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 65.2% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 70.8% | 60.1% | 95.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.2% | 65.2% | 65.2% | 1 |
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27.45 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7207 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.27 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 65.2% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 95.6% in 2010.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.1% in 2013.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 172nd out of 183 groups with data for 2020.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release