Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412): Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 96.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) stood at 96.7%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) peaked at 96.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 89.4%, in 2005.
That places ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 36th out of 215 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 93.8% | — |
| 1999 | 93.1% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 92.3% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 92.1% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 91.9% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 90.6% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 93.4% | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 89.4% | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 91.1% | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 92.5% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 92.6% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 94.3% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 96.0% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 95.9% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 95.9% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 96.1% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 96.3% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 96.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 96.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 96.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 96.2% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 96.0% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 95.7% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 95.9% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 96.3% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 96.6% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 96.7% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 93.5% | 93.1% | 93.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 92.0% | 89.4% | 94.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.2% | 95.9% | 96.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.2% | 95.7% | 96.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
More education data for ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 731,983 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.95 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.5014 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 10.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.77 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) was 96.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The highest recorded value was 96.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.4% in 2005.
- How does ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) ranks 36th out of 215 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Lldc (lldc_e) (unsdcode:98412) 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