Percentage of teachers in tertiary 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 tertiary education who are female was 28.7% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1978–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 28.7% for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in 2016.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 29.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 17.3%, in 1999.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 178th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 21.2% | — |
| 1979 | 20.8% | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 20.8% | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 20.4% | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 20.5% | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 20.5% | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 20.5% | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 20.4% | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 20.5% | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 20.6% | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 20.5% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 20.8% | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 20.9% | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 21.1% | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 21.4% | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 21.4% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 21.3% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 21.3% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 21.2% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 21.1% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 19.1% | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 17.3% | -9.5% |
| 2000 | 18.1% | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 19.6% | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 20.8% | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 21.7% | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 23.4% | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 24.7% | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 25.4% | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 25.9% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 26.3% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 26.5% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 26.9% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 27.1% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 27.9% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 27.5% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 28.1% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 29.0% | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 28.7% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.0% | 20.8% | 21.2% | 2 |
| 1980s | 20.5% | 20.4% | 20.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.6% | 17.3% | 21.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.3% | 18.1% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.9% | 26.9% | 29.0% | 7 |
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 tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 28.7% 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 Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 29.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.3% in 1999.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 178th out of 221 groups with data for 2016.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. 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 tertiary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release