Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 75.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) is 75.5%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is down 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 ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) peaked at 83.0% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 75.5%, in 2024.
ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 98th of 184 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 83.0% | — |
| 2011 | 77.9% | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 79.4% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 77.5% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 77.9% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 78.8% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 79.3% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 80.4% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 80.5% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 79.8% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 80.1% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 80.5% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 76.9% | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 75.9% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 75.5% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.0% | 83.0% | 83.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 79.1% | 77.5% | 80.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 77.8% | 75.5% | 80.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- 95 Mauritius 59.2% compare
- 96 Niue 58.3% compare
- 97 Bangladesh 55.0% compare
- 98 Barbados 53.6% compare
- 99 Niger 52.0% compare
- 100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51.6% compare
- 101 Antigua and Barbuda 47.7% compare
More education data for ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 13.17 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 17.94 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 740,763 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 20.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 31.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.6877 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) was 75.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The highest recorded value was 83.0% in 2007.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.5% in 2024.
- How does ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) ranks 98th out of 184 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in secondary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release