Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110): Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 84.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), 1996–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) is 84.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) peaked at 84.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 69.3%, in 2006.
That places ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 176th out of 215 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 83.7% | — |
| 2003 | 72.8% | -13.0% |
| 2004 | 71.7% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 70.4% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 69.3% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 77.7% | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 79.3% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 79.4% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 79.0% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 79.7% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 80.4% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 80.9% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 81.6% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 82.2% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 81.8% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 76.8% | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 78.4% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 80.2% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 82.3% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 83.9% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 84.1% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 84.2% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 84.3% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 83.7% | 83.7% | 83.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 74.4% | 69.3% | 79.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 80.1% | 76.8% | 82.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.7% | 82.3% | 84.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- 173 Madagascar 83.6% compare
- 174 Burkina Faso 83.4% compare
- 175 Ethiopia 83.3% compare
- 176 France 83.0% compare
- 177 Rwanda 83.0% compare
- 178 Micronesia, Federated States of 83.0% compare
- 179 Zimbabwe 82.1% compare
More education data for ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 11.77 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 13.46 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.31 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 885,632 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.71 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) was 84.3% 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: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The highest recorded value was 84.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.3% in 2006.
- How does ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) ranks 176th out of 215 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 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