Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439): Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female was 78.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) recorded 78.6% for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) peaked at 97.2% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 78.6%, in 2024.
ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 136th of 183 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 97.2% | — |
| 2014 | 93.4% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 92.9% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 91.5% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 91.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 90.7% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 89.3% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 86.0% | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 84.4% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 82.1% | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 80.0% | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 78.6% | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 92.4% | 89.3% | 97.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 82.2% | 78.6% | 86.0% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.65 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.13 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.22 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 13.73 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.86 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 45.48 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) was 78.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The highest recorded value was 97.2% in 2013.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.6% in 2024.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female?
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) ranks 136th out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 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