Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries: Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female was 80.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries recorded 80.6% for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries peaked at 97.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 80.6%, in 2024.
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 114th 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 UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 97.5% | — |
| 2013 | 92.9% | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 96.3% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 95.7% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 95.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 95.5% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 94.9% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 94.9% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 94.5% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 91.2% | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 83.6% | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 82.9% | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 80.6% | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 95.4% | 92.9% | 97.5% | 8 |
| 2020s | 86.6% | 80.6% | 94.5% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.93 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 24.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.3301 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.99 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries was 80.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 97.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.6% in 2024.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 114th out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme 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