Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 83.3% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) recorded 83.3% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 87.1% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 83.3%, in 2024.
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 63rd of 181 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 86.1% | — |
| 2013 | 83.9% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 84.2% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 85.0% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 85.2% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 85.3% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 85.5% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 86.3% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 87.1% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 86.4% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 86.1% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 83.4% | -3.1% |
| 2024 | 83.3% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 85.2% | 83.9% | 86.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 85.3% | 83.3% | 87.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- 60 El Salvador 97.2% compare
- 61 Burundi 97.2% compare
- 62 Tonga 96.1% compare
- 63 Nepal 96.0% compare
- 64 Kyrgyzstan 95.7% compare
- 65 Namibia 95.3% compare
- 66 Burkina Faso 95.2% compare
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 13.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 740,763 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 6.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 86.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 83.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 87.1% in 2020.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.3% in 2024.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 63rd out of 181 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 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