Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean
MDG: Caribbean: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 77.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Caribbean recorded 77.3% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean peaked at 88.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 76.9%, in 2023.
That places MDG: Caribbean 98th out of 181 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 83.3% | — |
| 1999 | 88.4% | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 88.0% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 87.7% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 86.6% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 87.1% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 87.9% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 88.4% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 88.1% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 87.8% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 86.8% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 85.4% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 84.6% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 84.9% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 83.7% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 81.1% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 83.0% | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 84.9% | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 84.6% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 87.0% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 86.9% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 86.9% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 86.7% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 86.5% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 84.7% | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 76.9% | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 77.3% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 85.9% | 83.3% | 88.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 87.4% | 85.4% | 88.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.8% | 81.1% | 87.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.4% | 76.9% | 86.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Caribbean
- 95 Brunei 85.8% compare
- 96 Trinidad and Tobago 83.4% compare
- 97 Solomon Islands 81.4% compare
- 98 Saint Lucia 81.3% compare
- 99 Monaco 79.6% compare
- 100 Eritrea 78.7% compare
- 101 Barbados 78.3% compare
More education data for MDG: Caribbean
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 88.2% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 87.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 1.44 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 11.8% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 1.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 1.45 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 312,088 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 2.56 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 1.08 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean was 77.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 88.4% in 2005.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.9% in 2023.
- How does MDG: Caribbean rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- MDG: Caribbean ranks 98th out of 181 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in MDG: Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this MDG: Caribbean 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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About this data
February 2026 Data Release