Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries
SDG: Least Developed Countries: Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female was 83.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries stood at 83.8%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries peaked at 95.3% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 83.8%, in 2024.
That places SDG: Least Developed Countries 99th out of 183 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 SDG: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 95.3% | — |
| 2014 | 93.3% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 92.9% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 92.5% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 92.4% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 92.2% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 91.6% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 89.6% | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 88.5% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 87.3% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 85.3% | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 83.8% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 92.9% | 91.6% | 95.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 86.9% | 83.8% | 89.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Least Developed Countries
- 96 Turks and Caicos Islands 73.6% compare
- 97 Eswatini 71.2% compare
- 98 Tokelau 70.6% compare
- 99 Grenada 69.0% compare
- 100 Tuvalu 65.7% compare
- 101 British Virgin Islands 65.5% compare
- 102 San Marino 63.7% compare
More education data for SDG: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.90 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.684 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7503 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 75.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.9918 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 171.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 83.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 36.37 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in SDG: Least Developed Countries was 83.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 95.3% in 2013.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.8% in 2024.
- How does SDG: Least Developed Countries rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female?
- SDG: Least Developed Countries ranks 99th out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in SDG: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this SDG: Least Developed Countries 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