Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Gulf Area
UNICEF: Gulf Area: Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 45.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Gulf Area, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Gulf Area stood at 45.3%. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Gulf Area peaked at 45.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 1970.
UNICEF: Gulf Area ranks 64th of 221 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Gulf Area, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 7.0% | — |
| 1977 | 12.3% | +74.8% |
| 1978 | 17.5% | +41.7% |
| 1979 | 20.1% | +14.9% |
| 1980 | 20.8% | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 19.5% | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 21.3% | +8.9% |
| 1983 | 23.2% | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 24.2% | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 25.1% | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 25.0% | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 30.2% | +20.7% |
| 1988 | 29.9% | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 26.8% | -10.4% |
| 1990 | 25.2% | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 24.5% | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 25.1% | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 25.6% | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 22.6% | -11.8% |
| 1995 | 23.7% | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 24.6% | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 25.0% | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 27.1% | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 30.1% | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 29.9% | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 30.2% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 30.0% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 30.2% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 30.5% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 30.5% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 30.7% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 32.2% | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 32.3% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 32.6% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 34.1% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 35.5% | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 35.1% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 36.7% | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 38.1% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 37.9% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 38.8% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 39.1% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 39.2% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 40.0% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 39.9% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 41.0% | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 41.0% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 42.4% | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 45.3% | +6.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Gulf Area 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +74.8% | 7.0% | 12.3% |
| 1978 | +41.7% | 12.3% | 17.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.2% | 7.0% | 20.1% | 4 |
| 1980s | 24.6% | 19.5% | 30.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.3% | 22.6% | 30.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.9% | 29.9% | 32.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.4% | 34.1% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.9% | 39.9% | 45.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Gulf Area
- 61 Argentina 48.6% compare
- 62 Lebanon 48.2% compare
- 63 Slovenia 48.1% compare
- 64 Saudi Arabia 48.1% compare
- 65 Uzbekistan 47.8% compare
- 66 Slovakia 47.8% compare
- 67 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 47.8% compare
More education data for UNICEF: Gulf Area
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 22.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.0178 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7367 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 796,027 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -7.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 18.72 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Gulf Area was 45.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- The highest recorded value was 45.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 1970.
- How does UNICEF: Gulf Area rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- UNICEF: Gulf Area ranks 64th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in UNICEF: Gulf Area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Gulf Area 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