Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 92.2% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 2000–2020
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 Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) is 92.2%, measured in 2020.
The figure is up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 99.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 73.3%, in 2002.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 120th out of 215 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 90.2% | — |
| 2001 | 90.5% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 73.3% | -18.9% |
| 2003 | 86.8% | +18.4% |
| 2004 | 96.6% | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 97.9% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 95.4% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 99.4% | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 98.8% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 91.8% | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 91.2% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 91.5% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 96.6% | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 96.9% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 96.3% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 96.9% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 97.6% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 96.9% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 96.3% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 92.2% | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 92.2% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.1% | 73.3% | 99.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.3% | 91.2% | 97.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.2% | 92.2% | 92.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 92.2% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.3% in 2002.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 120th out of 215 groups with data for 2020.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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