Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UIS: Arab States
UIS: Arab States: Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 44.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UIS: Arab States, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UIS: Arab States recorded 44.4% for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% 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 UIS: Arab States peaked at 44.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.5%, in 1970.
That places UIS: Arab States 72nd 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 43 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UIS: Arab States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 14.5% | — |
| 1983 | 30.9% | +113.1% |
| 1984 | 30.6% | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 30.8% | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 30.2% | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 30.6% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 30.5% | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 29.8% | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 29.4% | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 28.7% | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 29.5% | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 30.1% | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 29.7% | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 30.3% | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 31.0% | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 31.3% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 31.8% | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 32.2% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 32.0% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 32.4% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 32.7% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 32.6% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 33.7% | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 34.0% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 34.2% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 34.4% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 34.6% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 34.9% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 35.6% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 35.8% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 36.3% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 37.3% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 38.4% | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 38.9% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 38.9% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 39.1% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 39.9% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 40.6% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 41.0% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 41.4% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 41.9% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 42.9% | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 44.4% | +3.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UIS: Arab States changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +113.1% | 14.5% | 30.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.5% | 14.5% | 14.5% | 1 |
| 1980s | 30.5% | 29.8% | 30.9% | 7 |
| 1990s | 30.4% | 28.7% | 32.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.5% | 32.0% | 34.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.1% | 35.6% | 40.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.3% | 41.0% | 44.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UIS: Arab States
More education data for UIS: Arab States
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 20.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.6559 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 14.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UIS: Arab States?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UIS: Arab States was 44.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in UIS: Arab States?
- The highest recorded value was 44.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in UIS: Arab States?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5% in 1970.
- How does UIS: Arab States rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- UIS: Arab States ranks 72nd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in UIS: Arab States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UIS: Arab States 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