Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries
UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 52.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries recorded 52.1% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is down 15.4% on the previous year and down 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries peaked at 89.1% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 52.1%, in 2024.
That places UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 131st out of 162 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 89.1% | — |
| 2014 | 86.7% | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 86.2% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 84.0% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 82.3% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 81.7% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 66.1% | -19.1% |
| 2020 | 83.7% | +26.8% |
| 2021 | 85.9% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 61.4% | -28.5% |
| 2023 | 61.6% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 52.1% | -15.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 82.3% | 66.1% | 89.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 68.9% | 52.1% | 85.9% | 5 |
More education data for UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16.92 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8404 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 14.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4.46 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 3.90 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 990,955 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.8196 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1781 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 8.73 million (2024)
All data for UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries was 52.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 89.1% in 2013.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.1% in 2024.
- How does UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries ranks 131st out of 162 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 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