Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes was 50,705 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 2000–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 50,705 for teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in 2020. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 50,705 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 17,506, in 2000.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 201st of 218 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17,506 | — |
| 2001 | 18,149 | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 20,110 | +10.8% |
| 2003 | 21,745 | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 21,553 | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 23,166 | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 25,205 | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 36,140 | +43.4% |
| 2008 | 32,544 | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 33,448 | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 38,946 | +16.4% |
| 2011 | 43,796 | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 36,209 | -17.3% |
| 2013 | 35,957 | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 43,806 | +21.8% |
| 2015 | 46,474 | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 48,132 | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 49,442 | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 46,040 | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 49,792 | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 50,705 | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24,957 | 17,506 | 36,140 | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,859 | 35,957 | 49,792 | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,705 | 50,705 | 50,705 | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- 198 Cook Islands 22 compare
- 199 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 18
- 200 Montserrat 17 compare
- 201 Niue 13 compare
- 202 Saint Helena 7
- 202 Tokelau 7 compare
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 661,389 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 685,428 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 441,485 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 265,472 (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 50,705 in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 50,705 in 2020.
- What is the lowest teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,506 in 2000.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 201st out of 218 groups with data for 2020.
- Is teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release