Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female was 56.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), 1996–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) recorded 56.3% for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) peaked at 56.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 48.8%, in 2006.
That places WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) 110th out of 213 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 49.4% | — |
| 1997 | 49.3% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 49.5% | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 49.6% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 49.2% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 49.3% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 49.2% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 49.0% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 49.1% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 49.5% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 48.8% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 49.3% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 49.3% | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 49.7% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 50.0% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 50.6% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 51.7% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 52.3% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 53.0% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 53.5% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 54.6% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 55.9% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 55.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 56.2% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 56.8% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 56.9% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 56.7% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 56.3% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.5% | 49.3% | 49.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 49.2% | 48.8% | 49.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.4% | 50.0% | 56.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.7% | 56.3% | 56.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
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 teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) was 56.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 56.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female recorded in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.8% in 2006.
- How does WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank for percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female?
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 110th out of 213 groups with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 teachers in lower secondary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release