Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean
MDG: Caribbean: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 76.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean stood at 76.5%.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean peaked at 98.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 73.1%, in 1998.
MDG: Caribbean ranks 80th of 162 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 73.1% | — |
| 1999 | 86.1% | +17.7% |
| 2000 | 85.9% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 89.2% | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 90.0% | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 91.3% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 91.1% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 92.1% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 91.8% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 92.2% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 92.8% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 98.7% | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 97.4% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 98.1% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 79.7% | -18.8% |
| 2013 | 78.4% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 80.4% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 80.9% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 80.9% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 80.3% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 82.4% | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 86.6% | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 85.0% | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 87.4% | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 81.0% | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 77.5% | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 76.5% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 79.6% | 73.1% | 86.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 91.5% | 85.9% | 98.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.5% | 78.4% | 98.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.5% | 76.5% | 87.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Caribbean
More education data for MDG: Caribbean
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 89,990 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -5.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 419,656 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -4.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 727,761 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -5.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 222,098 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 3.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -2.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean was 76.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 98.7% in 2009.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.1% in 1998.
- How does MDG: Caribbean rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- MDG: Caribbean ranks 80th out of 162 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in MDG: Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this MDG: Caribbean 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release