Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 41.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa stood at 41.8%. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa peaked at 41.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21.7%, in 1970.
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 123rd 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: Middle East and North Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 21.7% | — |
| 1977 | 29.4% | +35.7% |
| 1978 | 31.4% | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 30.9% | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 30.6% | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 29.8% | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 30.0% | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 30.4% | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 30.1% | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 32.4% | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 29.7% | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 30.0% | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 30.0% | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 29.3% | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 29.2% | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 28.9% | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 31.1% | +7.6% |
| 1993 | 30.2% | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 31.0% | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 30.7% | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 31.2% | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 31.3% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 30.8% | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 30.5% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 30.5% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 31.0% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 30.8% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 30.7% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 30.5% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 31.2% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 31.5% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 32.5% | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 31.3% | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 32.0% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 32.4% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 32.6% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 33.6% | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 34.6% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 35.9% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 36.3% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 36.5% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 37.6% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 38.4% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 38.9% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 39.5% | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 39.9% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 40.2% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 40.7% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 41.8% | +2.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 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 | +35.7% | 21.7% | 29.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28.4% | 21.7% | 31.4% | 4 |
| 1980s | 30.2% | 29.3% | 32.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.5% | 28.9% | 31.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.2% | 30.5% | 32.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.7% | 32.4% | 38.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.4% | 39.5% | 41.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5257 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa was 41.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 41.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.7% in 1970.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 123rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 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