Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 48.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) recorded 48.1% for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) peaked at 48.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.9%, in 1970.
That places ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 41st out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 29.9% | — |
| 1985 | 36.2% | +21.1% |
| 1986 | 35.9% | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 35.6% | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 35.4% | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 34.5% | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 34.0% | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 33.1% | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 34.3% | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 35.3% | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 36.3% | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 38.9% | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 38.5% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 39.3% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 39.3% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 39.2% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 39.4% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 39.5% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 39.3% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 39.5% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 39.3% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 39.5% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 40.4% | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 41.9% | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 42.6% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 42.3% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 42.6% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 43.8% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 44.7% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 45.5% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 45.6% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 45.7% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 46.6% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 48.1% | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 29.9% | 29.9% | 29.9% | 1 |
| 1980s | 35.5% | 34.5% | 36.2% | 5 |
| 1990s | 34.6% | 33.1% | 36.3% | 5 |
| 2000s | 39.2% | 38.5% | 39.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 41.6% | 39.3% | 44.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.3% | 45.5% | 48.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
More education data for ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.5456 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2365 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.23 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.2143 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) was 48.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The highest recorded value was 48.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.9% in 1970.
- How does ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) ranks 41st out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 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