Percentage of teachers in 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 primary education who are female was 61.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1980–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) stood at 61.6%. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 61.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 50.6%, in 1999.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 141st of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 51.7% | — |
| 1981 | 51.8% | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 52.0% | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 52.6% | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 52.8% | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 53.0% | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 53.0% | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 52.6% | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 53.1% | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 52.6% | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 52.6% | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 52.6% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 52.3% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 52.2% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 51.8% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 51.6% | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 51.4% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 51.3% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 51.1% | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 50.6% | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 51.4% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 51.5% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 51.9% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 50.7% | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 51.3% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 52.1% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 53.4% | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 54.2% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 55.6% | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 56.3% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 57.0% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 57.5% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 58.5% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 55.9% | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 58.7% | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 59.4% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 60.2% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 60.6% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 61.1% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 61.4% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 61.6% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 52.5% | 51.7% | 53.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.7% | 50.6% | 52.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 52.8% | 50.7% | 56.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.0% | 55.9% | 61.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.6% | 61.6% | 61.6% | 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 primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 61.6% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 61.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in primary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.6% in 1999.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for percentage of teachers in primary education who are female?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 141st out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is percentage of teachers in 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 7.9%. 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 primary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release