Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 24.5% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), 1998–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) recorded 24.5% for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in 2016. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) peaked at 24.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 13.8%, in 1999.
That places ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) 198th out of 221 groups with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 16.3% | — |
| 1999 | 13.8% | -15.5% |
| 2000 | 14.8% | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 17.0% | +14.7% |
| 2002 | 18.6% | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 19.2% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 21.3% | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 22.6% | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 23.4% | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 23.7% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 23.8% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 23.8% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 23.2% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 23.7% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 24.5% | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 24.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.0% | 13.8% | 16.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 20.1% | 14.8% | 23.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 23.9% | 23.2% | 24.5% | 6 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 651,300 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 431,218 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 235,625 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.53 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 12.78 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.29 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.82 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.03 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) was 24.5% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The highest recorded value was 24.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.8% in 1999.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) ranks 198th out of 221 groups with data for 2016.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Ldcs Subregion (unsdcode:98505) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release