Percentage of teachers in upper secondary 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 upper secondary education who are female was 43.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) recorded 43.6% for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) peaked at 43.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32.4%, in 1994.
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 144th of 211 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 32.4% | — |
| 1995 | 32.6% | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 33.0% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 33.4% | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 34.9% | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 36.4% | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 36.2% | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 36.7% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 37.4% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 37.8% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 37.8% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 38.5% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 39.0% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 39.2% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 39.5% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 39.8% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 40.2% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 40.8% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 41.0% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 41.2% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 41.3% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 41.4% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 41.3% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 41.4% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 42.2% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 42.3% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 42.6% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 42.6% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 43.5% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 43.6% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 43.6% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 33.8% | 32.4% | 36.4% | 6 |
| 2000s | 38.2% | 36.2% | 39.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.3% | 40.2% | 42.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.2% | 42.6% | 43.6% | 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 upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) was 43.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The highest recorded value was 43.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.4% in 1994.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 144th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. 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 upper secondary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release