Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes was 96.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) stood at 96.4%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 96.4% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 89.6%, in 2016.
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 24th of 186 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 93.4% | — |
| 2015 | 92.5% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 89.6% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 92.2% | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 94.8% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 93.3% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 94.2% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 94.5% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 95.7% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 96.2% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 96.4% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 92.6% | 89.6% | 94.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 95.4% | 94.2% | 96.4% | 5 |
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 390.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6175 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 187.37 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.3795 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 198.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 203.58 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 96.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 96.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.6% in 2016.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 24th out of 186 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release