Tertiary education, academic staff in Egypt
Egypt: Tertiary education, academic staff was 50.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Tertiary education, academic staff in Egypt, 2013–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % female.
Analysis
In 2025, tertiary education, academic staff in Egypt stood at 50.8%.
The figure is down 7.0% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tertiary education, academic staff in Egypt peaked at 54.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43.6%, in 2013.
Egypt ranks 43rd of 170 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Tertiary education, academic staff in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % female | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 43.6% | — |
| 2014 | 44.4% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 44.0% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 43.7% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 45.0% | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 47.2% | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 49.5% | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 49.8% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 50.4% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 51.6% | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 52.0% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 54.7% | +5.1% |
| 2025 | 50.8% | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 45.3% | 43.6% | 49.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 51.6% | 49.8% | 54.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More education data for Egypt
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 483,053 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tertiary education, academic staff in Egypt?
- Tertiary education, academic staff in Egypt was 50.8% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest tertiary education, academic staff recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 54.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest tertiary education, academic staff recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.6% in 2013.
- How does Egypt rank for tertiary education, academic staff?
- Egypt ranks 43rd out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is tertiary education, academic staff rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Tertiary education, academic staff (% female). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education.