Proportion of teachers with the minimum … teachers lower both sexes in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411): Proportion of teachers with the minimum … teachers lower both sexes was 73.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) is 73.0%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) peaked at 78.0% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 29.8%, in 1997.
ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 86th of 155 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum … teachers lower both sexes in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 29.8% | — |
| 1998 | 48.0% | +61.0% |
| 1999 | 49.0% | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 49.2% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 47.3% | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 48.0% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 49.4% | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 51.9% | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 50.1% | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 56.3% | +12.5% |
| 2007 | 60.2% | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 69.9% | +16.1% |
| 2009 | 70.1% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 71.5% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 72.7% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 74.5% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 75.0% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 73.9% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 74.1% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 75.0% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 71.5% | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 75.3% | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 77.4% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 78.0% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 76.9% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 75.4% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 74.5% | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 73.0% | -2.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of teachers with the minimum … teachers lower both sexes in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +61.0% | 29.8% | 48.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42.3% | 29.8% | 49.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 55.2% | 47.3% | 70.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.1% | 71.5% | 77.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.6% | 73.0% | 78.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- 83 Trinidad and Tobago 40.4% compare
- 84 Mongolia 38.1% compare
- 85 Micronesia (country) 23.9% compare
- 86 Madagascar 21.9% compare
More education data for ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.489 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.10 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 14.13 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.4733 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.95 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8789 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.1417 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) was 73.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The highest recorded value was 78.0% in 2020.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.8% in 1997.
- How does ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) ranks 86th out of 155 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in lower secondary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release