Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025)
WB: Low Income (july 2025): Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes was 77.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025), 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025) stood at 77.6%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025) peaked at 88.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 77.6%, in 2024.
WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 141st of 186 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 88.8% | — |
| 2014 | 87.7% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 87.6% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 87.0% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 87.8% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 88.2% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 87.8% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 85.1% | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 82.1% | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 81.3% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 79.2% | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 77.6% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.8% | 87.0% | 88.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 81.1% | 77.6% | 85.1% | 5 |
More education data for WB: Low Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.68 million (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 12.86 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.75 million (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 43.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8586 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes in WB: Low Income (july 2025) was 77.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 88.8% in 2013.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes recorded in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.6% in 2024.
- How does WB: Low Income (july 2025) rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes?
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) ranks 141st out of 186 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes rising or falling in WB: Low Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Low Income (july 2025) 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