Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UIS: Arab States
UIS: Arab States: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 77.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UIS: Arab States, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UIS: Arab States stood at 77.2%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.9% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UIS: Arab States peaked at 98.8% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 77.2%, in 2024.
That places UIS: Arab States 33rd out of 162 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UIS: Arab States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 95.5% | — |
| 2005 | 98.0% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 91.4% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 98.8% | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 95.1% | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 78.0% | -18.0% |
| 2012 | 86.8% | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 84.7% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 83.0% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 87.6% | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 88.0% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 89.5% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 93.0% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 94.1% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 92.7% | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 86.5% | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 83.7% | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 88.7% | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 77.2% | -12.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.8% | 78.0% | 98.8% | 6 |
| 2010s | 88.3% | 83.0% | 94.1% | 8 |
| 2020s | 85.8% | 77.2% | 92.7% | 5 |
More education data for UIS: Arab States
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.6559 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.57 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 20.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.30 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.10 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UIS: Arab States?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UIS: Arab States was 77.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in UIS: Arab States?
- The highest recorded value was 98.8% in 2007.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in UIS: Arab States?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.2% in 2024.
- How does UIS: Arab States rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- UIS: Arab States ranks 33rd out of 162 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in UIS: Arab States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UIS: Arab States 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