Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 79.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China), 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) stood at 79.1%. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) peaked at 89.8% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 79.1%, in 2024.
That places MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 25th out of 162 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 89.8% | — |
| 2013 | 88.4% | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 88.6% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 88.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 88.6% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 89.4% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 89.7% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 88.3% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 87.4% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 84.5% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 83.2% | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 81.9% | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 79.1% | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 89.0% | 88.3% | 89.8% | 8 |
| 2020s | 83.2% | 79.1% | 87.4% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 229,389 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6303 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.288 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.1474 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.3681 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -0.0285 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 2.07 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) was 79.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- The highest recorded value was 89.8% in 2012.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.1% in 2024.
- How does MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) ranks 25th out of 162 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 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