Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 45.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) recorded 45.8% for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) peaked at 45.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30.2%, in 1970.
That places ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 58th 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 40 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 30.2% | — |
| 1986 | 32.0% | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 31.6% | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 32.2% | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 31.2% | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 31.0% | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 30.3% | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 31.2% | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 31.8% | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 32.3% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 32.7% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 33.2% | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 33.4% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 33.8% | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 34.0% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 33.7% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 34.1% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 34.3% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 34.1% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 35.2% | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 35.6% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 35.8% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 35.9% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 36.1% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 36.4% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 37.0% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 36.9% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 37.6% | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 38.5% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 39.6% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 40.3% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 39.9% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 40.1% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 41.2% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 42.0% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 42.6% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 42.8% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 43.4% | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 44.4% | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 45.8% | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30.2% | 30.2% | 30.2% | 1 |
| 1980s | 31.7% | 31.2% | 32.2% | 4 |
| 1990s | 32.4% | 30.3% | 34.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 35.1% | 33.7% | 36.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.3% | 36.9% | 42.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.8% | 42.6% | 45.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4091 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.85 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.05 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 28.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6975 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) was 45.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The highest recorded value was 45.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.2% in 1970.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 58th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 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