Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108): Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 75.1% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), 1999–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) recorded 75.1% for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in 2022.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) peaked at 79.7% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 68.7%, in 2004.
ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 206th of 215 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 71.1% | — |
| 2000 | 76.4% | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 75.7% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 73.7% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 72.4% | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 68.7% | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 71.2% | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 69.0% | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 69.3% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 70.9% | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 72.0% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 71.2% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 70.2% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 69.5% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 69.5% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 75.6% | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 73.9% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 75.5% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 76.7% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 76.9% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 77.5% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 78.1% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 79.7% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 75.1% | -5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71.1% | 71.1% | 71.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 71.9% | 68.7% | 76.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.7% | 69.5% | 77.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.6% | 75.1% | 79.7% | 3 |
More education data for ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31.31 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) was 75.1% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The highest recorded value was 79.7% in 2021.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.7% in 2004.
- How does ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) ranks 206th out of 215 groups with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 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