Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418): Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 88.4% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418), 1983–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2017, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) stood at 88.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) peaked at 93.4% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 79.5%, in 2012.
That places ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 148th out of 215 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 91.2% | — |
| 1989 | 92.5% | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 92.9% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 93.3% | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 93.3% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 93.4% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 93.4% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 93.1% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 90.1% | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 87.3% | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 89.7% | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 89.2% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 88.5% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 88.1% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 87.6% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 86.7% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 86.2% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 85.7% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 85.4% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 85.2% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 85.1% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 86.1% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 87.3% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 88.6% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 79.5% | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 81.4% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 83.3% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 85.3% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 87.7% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 88.4% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 91.9% | 91.2% | 92.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 91.6% | 87.3% | 93.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.5% | 85.1% | 88.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.2% | 79.5% | 88.6% | 8 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
- 145 Mali 93.3% compare
- 146 Spain 92.9% compare
- 147 Puerto Rico 92.9% compare
- 148 United States of America 92.8% compare
- 149 Timor-Leste 92.6% compare
- 150 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 92.6% compare
- 151 Denmark 92.5% compare
More education data for ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.35 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.3077 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3213 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 626,154 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 158,454 (1993)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 149,781 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 578,129 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) was 88.4% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- The highest recorded value was 93.4% in 1994.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.5% in 2012.
- How does ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) ranks 148th out of 215 groups with data for 2017.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 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