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 79.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
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 79.2%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 79.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 73.4%, in 2016.
That places UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 64th out of 140 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 75.6% | — |
| 2016 | 73.4% | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 74.5% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 74.8% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 75.9% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 76.6% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 78.6% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 78.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 78.7% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 79.2% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 74.8% | 73.4% | 75.9% | 5 |
| 2020s | 78.4% | 76.6% | 79.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- 61 Burundi 75.9% compare
- 62 Ghana 74.1% compare
- 63 Marshall Islands 72.5% compare
- 64 Cape Verde 69.0% compare
- 65 Burkina Faso 67.8% compare
- 66 Pakistan 67.7% compare
- 67 Belize 65.7% compare
More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 220.95 million (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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 112.54 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.70 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1674 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 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 79.2% 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 79.2% 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 73.4% in 2016.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 64th 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 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release