Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean
MDG: Caribbean: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 51.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Caribbean recorded 51.7% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean peaked at 79.5% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 51.7%, in 2024.
MDG: Caribbean ranks 178th of 181 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 79.5% | — |
| 1999 | 65.2% | -18.0% |
| 2000 | 63.0% | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 65.1% | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 67.6% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 67.2% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 66.1% | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 66.5% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 67.2% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 67.8% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 70.3% | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 65.9% | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 61.2% | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 55.8% | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 53.8% | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 56.0% | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 59.4% | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 59.5% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 59.5% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 60.1% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 59.8% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 60.0% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 59.5% | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 59.9% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 58.6% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 54.7% | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 51.7% | -5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 72.3% | 65.2% | 79.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 66.7% | 63.0% | 70.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.5% | 53.8% | 61.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.9% | 51.7% | 59.9% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Caribbean
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.15 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.6728 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.45 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.4594 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 89,990 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -4.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 727,761 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.44 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in MDG: Caribbean was 51.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 79.5% in 1998.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in MDG: Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.7% in 2024.
- How does MDG: Caribbean rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- MDG: Caribbean ranks 178th out of 181 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in MDG: Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this MDG: Caribbean 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