Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024: Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes was 82.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 stood at 82.7%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 peaked at 86.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 82.7%, in 2024.
That places GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 99th out of 186 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 84.4% | — |
| 2014 | 86.5% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 86.0% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 84.8% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 84.8% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 85.8% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 85.9% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 86.2% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 84.1% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 82.9% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 82.9% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 82.7% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 85.5% | 84.4% | 86.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 83.8% | 82.7% | 86.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- 96 Sierra Leone 72.2% compare
- 97 Cameroon 68.6% compare
- 98 Eswatini 68.3% compare
- 99 Grenada 67.4% compare
- 100 San Marino 65.7% compare
- 101 Tuvalu 65.4% compare
- 102 Marshall Islands 64.0% compare
More education data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 97.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 62.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 104.89 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 10.46 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 202.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.4294 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 was 82.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 86.5% in 2014.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes recorded in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.7% in 2024.
- How does GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes?
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 ranks 99th out of 186 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes rising or falling in GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 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