Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 87.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), 2003–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) recorded 87.5% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) peaked at 95.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 87.5%, in 2020.
That places ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 34th out of 184 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
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 ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 94.1% | — |
| 2004 | 93.8% | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 94.4% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 95.1% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 94.6% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 92.0% | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 93.3% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 94.2% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 94.8% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 95.4% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 94.8% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 94.0% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 92.6% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 93.9% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 91.2% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 89.7% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 88.3% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 87.5% | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.9% | 92.0% | 95.1% | 7 |
| 2010s | 92.9% | 88.3% | 95.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.5% | 87.5% | 87.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
- 33 Cook Islands 99.3% compare
- 34 Botswana 99.1% compare
- 35 Azerbaijan 98.8%
- 36 Maldives 98.5% compare
- 37 Singapore 98.2% compare
More education data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.9% (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 96.6% (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 529,106 (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.1% (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 603,251 (2019)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 656,667 (2019)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 82,795 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 1.26 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 409,490 (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 381,336 (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) was 87.5% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The highest recorded value was 95.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.5% in 2020.
- How does ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) ranks 34th out of 184 groups with data for 2020.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCAP: Small Islands Developing States (sids) (unsdcode:98435) 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