Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 90.9% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 2000–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries recorded 90.9% for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 99.3% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 65.2%, in 2002.
That places ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 127th out of 215 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 87.3% | — |
| 2001 | 87.4% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 65.2% | -25.4% |
| 2003 | 84.2% | +29.1% |
| 2004 | 95.6% | +13.5% |
| 2005 | 96.4% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 94.6% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 99.3% | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 98.9% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 90.0% | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 89.2% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 89.8% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 95.7% | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 94.9% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 94.5% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 95.9% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 96.6% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 95.9% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 95.4% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 90.9% | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 90.9% | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +29.1% | 65.2% | 84.2% |
| 2002 | -25.4% | 87.4% | 65.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.9% | 65.2% | 99.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.9% | 89.2% | 96.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.9% | 90.9% | 90.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 633,128 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 378,880 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 226,596 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 13.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 90.9% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 2007.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.2% in 2002.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 127th out of 215 groups with data for 2020.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release