Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 66.1% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 2002–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) is 66.1%, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 87.4% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 65.0%, in 2014.
That places ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 163rd out of 181 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 87.4% | — |
| 2003 | 84.9% | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 78.1% | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 77.0% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 77.4% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 74.8% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 75.2% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 76.1% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 73.2% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 70.1% | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 72.9% | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 65.9% | -9.6% |
| 2014 | 65.0% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 65.1% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 65.2% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 67.2% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 66.9% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 66.7% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 66.3% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 66.2% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 66.1% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.9% | 74.8% | 87.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 67.8% | 65.0% | 73.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.2% | 66.1% | 66.3% | 3 |
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.89 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.35 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.62 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.53 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5039 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9976 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 66.1% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 87.4% in 2002.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.0% in 2014.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 163rd out of 181 groups with data for 2022.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release