Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115): Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 84.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
84.6%
Change on year
up 1.0%
Rank
174th
of 215 groups
All-time high
99.3%
in 1998
All-time low
80.8%
in 2019
Years of data
42
1983–2024
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115), 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) recorded 84.6% for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) peaked at 99.3% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 80.8%, in 2019.
ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) ranks 174th of 215 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 98.5% | — |
| 1984 | 98.6% | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 98.7% | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 98.8% | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 98.9% | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 99.0% | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 99.1% | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 99.1% | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 99.2% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 99.2% | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 99.1% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 99.2% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 99.2% | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 99.2% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 99.2% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 99.1% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 98.9% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 98.7% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 98.5% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 98.2% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 97.6% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 97.2% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 97.1% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 96.6% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 96.2% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 96.2% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 95.4% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 94.5% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 93.5% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 90.2% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 92.3% | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 86.1% | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 84.3% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 83.0% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 80.8% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 81.5% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 82.2% | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 83.0% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 83.8% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 84.6% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.8% | 98.5% | 99.1% | 7 |
| 1990s | 99.2% | 99.1% | 99.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 97.8% | 96.2% | 99.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.6% | 80.8% | 96.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.0% | 81.5% | 84.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
More education data for ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1.12 million (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 109,340 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 917,273 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 6.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 154,475 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.48 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.81 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 7.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 7.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.62 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) was 84.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 1998.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.8% in 2019.
- How does ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) ranks 174th out of 215 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 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