Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 81.1% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries stood at 81.1%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 81.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 78.9%, in 2018.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 59th of 140 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 80.4% | — |
| 2016 | 79.0% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 79.6% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 78.9% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 79.6% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 79.1% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 80.4% | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 81.0% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 80.8% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 81.1% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 79.5% | 78.9% | 80.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 80.5% | 79.1% | 81.1% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8422 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 178.96 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1674 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 220.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 108.41 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 81.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 81.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.9% in 2018.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 59th out of 140 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release