Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 95.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
95.0%
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
65th
of 215 groups
All-time high
95.4%
in 2023
All-time low
56.0%
in 1981
Years of data
45
1980–2024
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) is 95.0%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 95.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 56.0%, in 1981.
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 65th of 215 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 58.5% | — |
| 1981 | 56.0% | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 57.9% | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 58.5% | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 57.3% | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 57.8% | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 59.4% | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 59.5% | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 60.7% | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 62.0% | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 62.0% | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 64.8% | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 67.2% | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 68.6% | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 71.5% | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 72.6% | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 73.1% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 75.4% | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 76.2% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 78.5% | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 79.6% | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 81.4% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 79.7% | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 83.3% | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 85.9% | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 86.8% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 86.8% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 89.7% | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 90.7% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 87.9% | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 88.8% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 89.7% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 91.6% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 92.0% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 92.7% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 93.5% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 94.5% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 94.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 94.9% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 94.6% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 95.1% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 95.1% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 95.3% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 95.4% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 95.0% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 58.8% | 56.0% | 62.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 71.0% | 62.0% | 78.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 85.2% | 79.6% | 90.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.7% | 88.8% | 94.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.2% | 95.0% | 95.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 40.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.75 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7891 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 95.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 95.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.0% in 1981.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 65th out of 215 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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