Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 63.6% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, 1998–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa stood at 63.6%.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa peaked at 80.6% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 61.7%, in 2016.
That places UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 179th out of 188 groups with data for 2018, 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 UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 80.3% | — |
| 1999 | 79.3% | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 79.6% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 78.9% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 80.6% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 80.0% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 79.9% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 79.3% | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 79.3% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 77.7% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 74.5% | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 74.7% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 69.7% | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 68.4% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 68.0% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 66.1% | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 63.0% | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 62.0% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 61.7% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 65.1% | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 63.6% | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 79.8% | 79.3% | 80.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 78.4% | 74.5% | 80.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.3% | 61.7% | 69.7% | 9 |
More education data for UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 49.26 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.02 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 2.77 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.30 million (2022)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 50.69 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 8.67 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.20 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa was 63.6% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 80.6% in 2002.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.7% in 2016.
- How does UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa ranks 179th out of 188 groups with data for 2018.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 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