Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 65.2% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 2013–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) stood at 65.2%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 65.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 57.2%, in 2015.
That places ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 91st 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 59.2% | — |
| 2014 | 59.0% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 57.2% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 64.3% | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 64.9% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 64.1% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 61.7% | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 65.1% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 65.2% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 61.5% | 57.2% | 64.9% | 7 |
| 2020s | 65.2% | 65.1% | 65.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 740,763 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 31.11 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6877 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.5652 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.34 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 65.2% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 65.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.2% in 2015.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 91st out of 162 groups with data for 2021.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release