Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435): Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 78.8% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) recorded 78.8% for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in 2017.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) peaked at 98.6% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 66.9%, in 2012.
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 202nd 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 ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 97.2% | — |
| 1972 | 96.7% | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 96.0% | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 95.9% | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 95.2% | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 95.0% | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 93.8% | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 93.8% | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 94.5% | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 94.4% | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 98.6% | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 94.4% | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 93.5% | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 93.0% | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 93.3% | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 93.6% | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 93.9% | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 94.2% | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 94.2% | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 98.0% | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 91.0% | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 85.7% | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 89.1% | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 87.9% | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 86.5% | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 85.3% | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 84.1% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 82.7% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 81.9% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 81.0% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 80.2% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 78.9% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 78.4% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 79.8% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 81.3% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 82.0% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 66.9% | -18.4% |
| 2013 | 69.2% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 71.6% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 73.8% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 76.5% | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 78.8% | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 95.3% | 93.8% | 97.2% | 9 |
| 1980s | 94.3% | 93.0% | 98.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 90.3% | 85.7% | 98.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 81.9% | 78.4% | 86.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.0% | 66.9% | 82.0% | 8 |
More education data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 603,251 (2019)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 54,979 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 74,425 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 341,161 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 315,506 (2019)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7241 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.7241 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2019)
All data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) was 78.8% 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: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The highest recorded value was 98.6% in 1981.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.9% in 2012.
- How does ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 202nd out of 215 groups with data for 2017.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 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