Percentage of teachers in secondary 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 secondary education who are female was 39.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1983–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 39.3% for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in 2020.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 44.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 29.4%, in 1985.
That places ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 174th out of 221 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 30.0% | — |
| 1984 | 29.6% | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 29.4% | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 30.3% | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 31.6% | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 32.3% | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 33.0% | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 36.4% | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 36.8% | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 37.3% | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 36.9% | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 36.5% | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 36.9% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 36.6% | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 37.2% | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 37.4% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 37.7% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 38.3% | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 38.2% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 38.1% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 41.3% | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 41.7% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 42.3% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 42.6% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 43.0% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 43.5% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 43.7% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 43.8% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 43.8% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 44.3% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 41.0% | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 38.5% | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 38.6% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 39.3% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 30.9% | 29.4% | 33.0% | 7 |
| 1990s | 37.0% | 36.4% | 37.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.2% | 38.1% | 43.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.7% | 38.5% | 44.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 39.3% | 39.3% | 39.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- 171 Papua New Guinea 38.1% compare
- 172 Timor-Leste 37.1% compare
- 173 Afghanistan 35.5% compare
- 174 Angola 34.4% compare
- 175 Rwanda 34.3% compare
- 176 Falkland Islands, Malvinas 33.3% compare
- 177 Tanzania, United Republic of 33.0% compare
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)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 39.3% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 44.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.4% in 1985.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 174th out of 221 groups with data for 2020.
- Is percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. 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 secondary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release