Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in MDG: Caribbean
MDG: Caribbean: Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female was 76.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in MDG: Caribbean, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Caribbean recorded 76.8% for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in 2024.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in MDG: Caribbean peaked at 81.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 75.0%, in 2022.
That places MDG: Caribbean 138th out of 183 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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, female in MDG: Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 79.0% | — |
| 2014 | 79.3% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 81.0% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 80.3% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 80.9% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 80.8% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 80.2% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 80.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 79.3% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 75.0% | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 75.7% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 76.8% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 80.2% | 79.0% | 81.0% | 7 |
| 2020s | 77.4% | 75.0% | 80.2% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Caribbean
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -5.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.6728 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.4594 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.15 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 222,098 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 727,761 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in MDG: Caribbean?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female in MDG: Caribbean was 76.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 81.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.0% in 2022.
- How does MDG: Caribbean rank for percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female?
- MDG: Caribbean ranks 138th out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female rising or falling in MDG: Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this MDG: Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release