Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 83.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), 2003–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) recorded 83.8% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) peaked at 90.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 72.6%, in 2016.
That places ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 60th out of 188 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 90.4% | — |
| 2004 | 88.4% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 89.1% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 89.8% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 89.5% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 88.5% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 87.8% | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 86.5% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 83.6% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 83.7% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 78.2% | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 78.1% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 77.3% | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 72.6% | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 75.4% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 79.0% | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 77.8% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 79.9% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 83.6% | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 83.5% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 85.2% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 83.8% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.1% | 87.8% | 90.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 79.2% | 72.6% | 86.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.2% | 79.9% | 85.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
- 57 Zimbabwe 97.9% compare
- 58 Colombia 97.6% compare
- 59 El Salvador 97.5% compare
- 60 Jamaica 97.4% compare
- 61 British Virgin Islands 97.2% compare
- 62 Mauritania 96.9% compare
- 63 Tonga 96.7% compare
More education data for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.5884 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 143.09 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.4555 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 135.85 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 278.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 82.99 million (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) was 83.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The highest recorded value was 90.4% in 2003.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.6% in 2016.
- How does ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) ranks 60th out of 188 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release