Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries
UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries: Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes was 86.6% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries stood at 86.6%. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries peaked at 86.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 75.0%, in 2012.
UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries ranks 85th of 183 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 75.0% | — |
| 2013 | 85.4% | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 85.9% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 77.6% | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 78.9% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 80.3% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 79.6% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 79.2% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 78.9% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 80.0% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 82.1% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 84.3% | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 86.6% | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 80.3% | 75.0% | 85.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 82.4% | 78.9% | 86.6% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 30.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8404 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.60 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 990,955 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.8196 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1442 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.1617 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 8.19 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 15.72 million (2024)
All data for UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries →
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries was 86.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes recorded in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 86.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes recorded in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.0% in 2012.
- How does UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries rank for percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes?
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries ranks 85th out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release