Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 79.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) is 79.2%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) peaked at 88.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 78.9%, in 2023.
ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 78th of 181 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 88.4% | — |
| 2008 | 86.3% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 85.7% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 85.9% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 84.8% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 81.0% | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 80.8% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 81.8% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 80.7% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 79.5% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 80.1% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 80.4% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 80.6% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 79.0% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 81.1% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 83.7% | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 78.9% | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 79.2% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.8% | 85.7% | 88.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 81.6% | 79.5% | 85.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.4% | 78.9% | 83.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- 75 Brunei Darussalam 89.1% compare
- 76 Ghana 88.8% compare
- 77 Sri Lanka 88.7% compare
- 78 Mexico 88.3% compare
- 79 Seychelles 88.0% compare
- 80 Burkina Faso 86.7% compare
- 81 Viet Nam 86.6% compare
More education data for ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 17.81 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.3069 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.6186 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 12.84 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.43 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) was 79.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The highest recorded value was 88.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.9% in 2023.
- How does ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) ranks 78th out of 181 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release