Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113): Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes was 69.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) recorded 69.7% for percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) peaked at 86.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 69.7%, in 2024.
ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 112th of 159 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 83.3% | — |
| 2014 | 83.2% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 82.7% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 82.6% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 86.7% | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 86.3% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 84.4% | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 80.7% | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 82.7% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 73.7% | -10.9% |
| 2023 | 72.7% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 69.7% | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 84.2% | 82.6% | 86.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 75.9% | 69.7% | 82.7% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.95 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.0143 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.01 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.64 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 4.31 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.16 % change on previous year (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) was 69.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The highest recorded value was 86.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes recorded in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.7% in 2024.
- How does ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes?
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) ranks 112th out of 159 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release