Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025): Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female was 90.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
90.5%
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
133rd
of 215 groups
All-time high
92.0%
in 2009
All-time low
73.6%
in 1988
Years of data
48
1970–2024
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) stood at 90.5%.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 92.0% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 73.6%, in 1988.
That places WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 133rd 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 48 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 86.3% | — |
| 1974 | 87.6% | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 86.8% | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 86.7% | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 76.7% | -11.6% |
| 1982 | 75.9% | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 75.6% | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 74.8% | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 74.5% | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 75.4% | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 73.9% | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 73.6% | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 75.7% | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 76.1% | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 76.8% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 77.6% | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 78.1% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 78.4% | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 78.6% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 78.6% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 79.0% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 80.8% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 80.2% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 79.0% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 82.7% | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 83.1% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 84.1% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 86.1% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 88.7% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 88.6% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 91.5% | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 92.0% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 92.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 91.9% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 90.2% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 89.5% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 88.8% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 90.5% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 87.3% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 90.5% | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 89.6% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 89.8% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 89.8% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 89.9% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 90.3% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 90.3% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 89.8% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 90.5% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 86.9% | 86.3% | 87.6% | 3 |
| 1980s | 76.3% | 73.6% | 86.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 78.4% | 76.1% | 80.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.8% | 79.0% | 92.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.8% | 87.3% | 91.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.2% | 89.8% | 90.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- 130 Panama 95.4% compare
- 131 Eritrea 95.3% compare
- 132 Brunei 94.6% compare
- 133 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 94.4% compare
- 134 Sao Tome and Principe 94.3% compare
- 135 Martinique 94.2% compare
- 136 Costa Rica 94.1% compare
More education data for WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 129.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 81.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.8413 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 136.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.2835 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.2969 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 6.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) was 90.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 92.0% in 2009.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female recorded in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.6% in 1988.
- How does WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) rank for percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female?
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 133rd out of 215 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female rising or falling in WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 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