Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes was 88.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries recorded 88.1% for percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 88.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 82.6%, in 2015.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 51st of 159 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 86.3% | — |
| 2015 | 82.6% | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 84.3% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 84.1% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 83.7% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 84.2% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 86.9% | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 87.5% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 88.5% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 88.5% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 88.1% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 84.2% | 82.6% | 86.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 87.9% | 86.9% | 88.5% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 569.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8422 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 274.67 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.12 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6486 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 716.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 345.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 88.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 88.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.6% in 2015.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 51st out of 159 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 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