Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female was 79.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) is 79.0%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 95.8% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 79.0%, in 2024.
That places WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 129th 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 13 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 95.8% | — |
| 2013 | 91.2% | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 94.6% | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 93.9% | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 93.9% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 93.3% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 92.7% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 92.9% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 92.6% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 89.3% | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 81.7% | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 81.4% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 79.0% | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 93.5% | 91.2% | 95.8% | 8 |
| 2020s | 84.8% | 79.0% | 92.6% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.80 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.02 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.80 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 32.64 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 4.06 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) was 79.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 95.8% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.0% in 2024.
- How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female?
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 129th out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 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