Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426): Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female was 68.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) recorded 68.4% for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) peaked at 68.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40.9%, in 1973.
That places ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) 111th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 41.9% | — |
| 1972 | 42.4% | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 40.9% | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 41.2% | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 41.4% | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 41.7% | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 43.0% | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 43.1% | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 47.9% | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 45.0% | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 46.0% | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 46.5% | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 49.1% | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 50.2% | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 51.3% | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 52.4% | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 52.7% | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 53.0% | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 53.9% | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 54.1% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 54.5% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 54.6% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 54.9% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 55.4% | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 55.8% | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 56.2% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 56.4% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 56.4% | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 56.8% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 57.9% | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 58.5% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 59.2% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 59.5% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 59.9% | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 60.7% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 61.3% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 61.9% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 61.7% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 62.1% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 62.7% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 63.0% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 63.6% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 63.3% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 64.1% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 64.7% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 65.1% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 65.9% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 66.4% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 66.6% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 66.6% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 66.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 66.9% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 67.5% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 68.4% | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 42.6% | 40.9% | 47.9% | 9 |
| 1980s | 50.0% | 45.0% | 53.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.5% | 54.1% | 56.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 60.3% | 57.9% | 62.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.5% | 62.7% | 66.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.2% | 66.6% | 68.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
More education data for ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.30 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 7.00 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -5.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.81 million (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.35 % change on previous year (2022)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) was 68.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)?
- The highest recorded value was 68.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.9% in 1973.
- How does ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) ranks 111th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in primary education who are female rising or falling in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release