Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 71.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) stood at 71.3%. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 15.7% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 98.6% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 71.3%, in 2024.
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 56th of 162 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 95.7% | — |
| 2005 | 98.5% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 95.3% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 98.6% | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 95.5% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 86.9% | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 91.0% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 90.4% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 93.1% | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 91.8% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 88.5% | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 90.9% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 90.0% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 90.4% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 95.0% | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 94.5% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 90.7% | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 82.6% | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 78.7% | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 84.5% | +7.3% |
| 2024 | 71.3% | -15.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.1% | 86.9% | 98.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 91.6% | 88.5% | 95.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.6% | 71.3% | 90.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.4% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 16.59 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 5.68 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.28 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 25.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 11.98 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 11.49 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 71.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 98.6% in 2007.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.3% in 2024.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 56th out of 162 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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