Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 77.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) recorded 77.3% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 89.1% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 77.3%, in 2024.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 69th out of 162 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 89.1% | — |
| 2005 | 86.7% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 88.7% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 87.4% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 86.6% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 88.4% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 81.6% | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 79.0% | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 79.7% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 81.2% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 82.4% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 83.3% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 83.3% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 82.2% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 80.6% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 80.5% | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 81.8% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 77.3% | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 87.8% | 86.6% | 89.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 81.6% | 79.0% | 83.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 80.1% | 77.3% | 81.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.9% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.2% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 19.75 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.1% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 21.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 6.33 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 28.97 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 14.03 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 13.47 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 77.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 89.1% in 2004.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.3% in 2024.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 69th out of 162 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release