Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 1.04 GPIA in 2021. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), 2012–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) recorded 1.04 GPIA for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) peaked at 1.2 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.04 GPIA, in 2021.
That places WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 99th out of 162 groups with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1.1 GPIA | — |
| 2013 | 1.13 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 1.15 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.2 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 1.09 GPIA | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 1.08 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1.09 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.13 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 1.05 GPIA | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 1.04 GPIA | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.12 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 1.2 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- 96 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.2779 GPIA compare
- 97 Burkina Faso 0.262 GPIA compare
More education data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 28.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4904 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 29.16 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8527 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 57.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2209 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 18.36 million (2024)
All data for WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) was 1.04 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.04 GPIA in 2021.
- How does WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) ranks 99th out of 162 groups with data for 2021.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release