Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female was 96.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) is 96.7%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 96.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 90.3%, in 2016.
That places ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 21st out of 183 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 95.1% | — |
| 2015 | 93.1% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 90.3% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 92.5% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 94.5% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 93.6% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 94.5% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 94.7% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 96.0% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 96.5% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 96.7% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 93.2% | 90.3% | 95.1% | 6 |
| 2020s | 95.7% | 94.5% | 96.7% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.1619 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 203.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6175 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 187.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 390.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 216.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 127.86 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 96.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 96.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.3% in 2016.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 21st out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 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