Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 80.7% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries stood at 80.7%.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 81.8% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 75.1%, in 2016.
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 87th of 188 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 81.8% | — |
| 2013 | 78.5% | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 78.6% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 77.7% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 75.1% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 77.4% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 79.2% | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 78.7% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 79.8% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 80.9% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 81.1% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 81.5% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 80.7% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 78.4% | 75.1% | 81.8% | 8 |
| 2020s | 80.8% | 79.8% | 81.5% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 220.95 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 108.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 112.54 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.70 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.43 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.1674 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 294.84 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 80.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 81.8% in 2012.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.1% in 2016.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 87th out of 188 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef 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 primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release