Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509): Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 70.6% in 2013. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), 1998–2013
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) recorded 70.6% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2013.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.0% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) peaked at 94.5% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 57.1%, in 2010.
ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 114th of 184 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 89.3% | — |
| 1999 | 94.5% | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 88.9% | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 87.2% | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 85.1% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 63.9% | -24.9% |
| 2004 | 64.2% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 62.4% | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 60.6% | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 59.2% | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 58.6% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 58.8% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 57.1% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 57.6% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 57.9% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 70.6% | +22.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 91.9% | 89.3% | 94.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 68.9% | 58.6% | 88.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.8% | 57.1% | 70.6% | 4 |
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 316,507 (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 3.50 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.2475 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.35 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.4 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.70 million (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -2.82 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -2.46 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -3.14 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 907,217 (2016)
All data for ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) was 70.6% in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The highest recorded value was 94.5% in 1999.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.1% in 2010.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) ranks 114th out of 184 groups with data for 2013.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Low-income Countries (lics) (unsdcode:98509) 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