Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503): Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female was 85.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) is 85.9%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) peaked at 94.7% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 81.2%, in 2022.
ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) ranks 87th of 183 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 92.9% | — |
| 2013 | 85.8% | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 94.7% | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 94.0% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 94.3% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 93.9% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 92.6% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 92.7% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 92.5% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 91.3% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 81.2% | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 86.5% | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 85.9% | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 92.6% | 85.8% | 94.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 87.5% | 81.2% | 92.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
- 84 Afghanistan 84.8% compare
- 85 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 83.1% compare
- 86 Solomon Islands 81.4% compare
- 87 Saint Lucia 78.2% compare
- 88 Sierra Leone 77.5% compare
- 89 Benin 76.9% compare
- 90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 76.7% compare
More education data for ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.5456 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2365 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.2143 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) was 85.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The highest recorded value was 94.7% in 2014.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.2% in 2022.
- How does ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female?
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) ranks 87th out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 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