Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 77.6% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 2005–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) stood at 77.6%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 92.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 77.6%, in 2024.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 85th 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 20 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 92.4% | — |
| 2006 | 89.6% | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 89.2% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 87.0% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 85.8% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 85.7% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 84.8% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 81.4% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 81.6% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 82.6% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 81.5% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 80.4% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 81.1% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 82.0% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 81.3% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 79.9% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 81.5% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 83.7% | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 79.1% | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 77.6% | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 88.8% | 85.8% | 92.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 82.3% | 80.4% | 85.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.4% | 77.6% | 83.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 14.56 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 7.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 7.42 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 840,626 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.74 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.6536 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 77.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 92.4% in 2005.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.6% in 2024.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 85th out of 181 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 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