Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries: Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 94.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, 1978–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries stood at 94.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries peaked at 94.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 60.3%, in 1985.
That places UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 74th out of 215 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 64.4% | — |
| 1979 | 62.0% | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 65.1% | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 61.2% | -6.0% |
| 1982 | 62.0% | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 62.6% | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 61.8% | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 60.3% | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 62.0% | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 62.1% | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 63.1% | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 64.5% | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 65.1% | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 67.5% | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 69.9% | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 70.5% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 73.1% | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 74.0% | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 74.7% | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 76.9% | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 78.0% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 79.8% | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 80.9% | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 82.6% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 80.7% | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 83.9% | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 86.1% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 87.1% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 87.1% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 89.7% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 90.6% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 88.0% | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 88.8% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 89.7% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 91.5% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 91.9% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 92.5% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 93.2% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 94.1% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 94.1% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 94.3% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 94.0% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 94.5% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 94.4% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 94.6% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 94.8% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 94.5% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 63.2% | 62.0% | 64.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 62.5% | 60.3% | 65.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.9% | 65.1% | 79.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 85.7% | 80.7% | 90.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.4% | 88.8% | 94.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.5% | 94.4% | 94.8% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.93 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 24.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 7.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.3301 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5.99 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries was 94.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 94.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.3% in 1985.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries ranks 74th out of 215 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 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