Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024
GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024: Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes was 90.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 recorded 90.8% for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 peaked at 90.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 81.0%, in 2018.
That places GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 64th out of 186 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 primary education, both sexes in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 83.3% | — |
| 2015 | 82.6% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 83.0% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 83.0% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 81.0% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 81.1% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 81.0% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 84.9% | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 89.3% | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 90.0% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 90.8% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 82.3% | 81.0% | 83.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 87.2% | 81.0% | 90.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024
More education data for GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 654,101 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.0715 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.62 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1097 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 118,929 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.6917 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0909 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.3823 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 was 90.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes recorded in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 90.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes recorded in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.0% in 2018.
- How does GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes?
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 ranks 64th out of 186 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes rising or falling in GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, 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