Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124): Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 76.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), 2006–2024
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: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) is 76.9%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) peaked at 83.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 68.5%, in 2006.
That places ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 204th out of 215 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 68.5% | — |
| 2007 | 69.0% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 70.7% | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 70.7% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 78.9% | +11.5% |
| 2015 | 75.9% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 77.8% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 77.7% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 77.4% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 77.6% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 78.6% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 83.9% | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 79.3% | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 76.8% | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 76.9% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 69.7% | 68.5% | 70.7% | 4 |
| 2010s | 77.6% | 75.9% | 78.9% | 6 |
| 2020s | 79.1% | 76.8% | 83.9% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 27.45 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24.26 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7207 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 29.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.27 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.02 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) was 76.9% 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: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The highest recorded value was 83.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.5% in 2006.
- How does ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) ranks 204th out of 215 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 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