Proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508): Proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted was 0.8841 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) recorded 0.8841 GPIA for proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) peaked at 1.04 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.8841 GPIA, in 2024.
That places ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 174th out of 183 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.04 GPIA | — |
| 2013 | 1.02 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9919 GPIA | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9914 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9981 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9845 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9364 GPIA | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9103 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 0.8841 GPIA | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9914 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9436 GPIA | 0.8841 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 5 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4091 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 13.85 million (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2.05 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 28.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 18.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6975 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- Proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) was 0.8841 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 GPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted recorded in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8841 GPIA in 2024.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) rank for proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted?
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) ranks 174th out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release