Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Western Asia
MDG: Western Asia: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 78.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Western Asia, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Western Asia stood at 78.7%. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Western Asia peaked at 80.3% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 78.7%, in 2024.
That places MDG: Western Asia 60th out of 166 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Western Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 80.3% | — |
| 2014 | 80.2% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 79.2% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 80.2% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 80.0% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 79.5% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 79.5% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 80.2% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 80.2% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 79.4% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 79.1% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 78.7% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 79.8% | 79.2% | 80.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 79.5% | 78.7% | 80.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Western Asia
- 57 Ecuador 91.0% compare
- 58 Saint Lucia 90.3% compare
- 59 Costa Rica 90.0% compare
- 60 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 89.6% compare
- 61 Ghana 87.7% compare
- 62 Seychelles 87.6% compare
- 63 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 85.6% compare
More education data for MDG: Western Asia
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 13.62 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.11 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.88 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.4264 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.72 million (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 517,916 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 13.60 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.70 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.08 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Western Asia?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Western Asia was 78.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in MDG: Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 80.3% in 2013.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in MDG: Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.7% in 2024.
- How does MDG: Western Asia rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- MDG: Western Asia ranks 60th out of 166 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in MDG: Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this MDG: Western Asia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release