Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries: Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 52.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, 1995–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries is 52.4%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries peaked at 52.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 47.2%, in 1995.
That places UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 129th out of 213 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 47.2% | — |
| 1996 | 47.3% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 47.2% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 47.4% | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 47.6% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 47.2% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 47.3% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 47.3% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 47.2% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 47.4% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 47.6% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 47.8% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 48.4% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 48.5% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 48.3% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 48.2% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 48.5% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 49.0% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 49.3% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 49.7% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 50.5% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 51.3% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 51.4% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 51.9% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 52.0% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 52.2% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 52.3% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 52.6% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 51.9% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 52.4% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.3% | 47.2% | 47.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 47.7% | 47.2% | 48.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.2% | 48.2% | 52.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.3% | 51.9% | 52.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
- 126 Marshall Islands 45.5% compare
- 127 Zambia 44.0% compare
- 128 Morocco 43.2% compare
- 129 Madagascar 42.0% compare
- 130 Timor-Leste 41.4% compare
- 131 Afghanistan 39.9% compare
- 132 Rwanda 38.8% compare
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 teachers in lower secondary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries was 52.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 52.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.2% in 1995.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 129th out of 213 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 teachers in lower secondary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release