Proportion of teachers with the minimum required … female in SDG: Small Island Developing States
SDG: Small Island Developing States: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required … female was 73.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in SDG: Small Island Developing States, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in SDG: Small Island Developing States is 73.8%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.4% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in SDG: Small Island Developing States peaked at 95.7% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 73.8%, in 2024.
That places SDG: Small Island Developing States 100th out of 175 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required … female in SDG: Small Island Developing States, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 95.7% | — |
| 1999 | 91.8% | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 87.0% | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 88.0% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 83.2% | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 82.6% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 78.6% | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 87.1% | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 86.0% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 86.5% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 83.0% | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 81.6% | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 81.8% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 83.8% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 87.0% | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 85.2% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 86.7% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 88.2% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 88.7% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 90.7% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 90.5% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 89.0% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 88.8% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 88.3% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 73.8% | -16.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 93.7% | 91.8% | 95.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 84.4% | 78.6% | 88.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.2% | 81.8% | 90.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.6% | 73.8% | 88.8% | 3 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Small Island Developing States
- 97 Niger 51.3% compare
- 98 Antigua and Barbuda 48.5% compare
- 99 Grenada 45.6% compare
- 100 Benin 45.0% compare
- 101 Mongolia 40.9% compare
- 102 Bangladesh 38.3% compare
- 103 Micronesia (country) 27.9% compare
More education data for SDG: Small Island Developing States
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.33 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 430,327 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.1765 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.0678 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.021 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in SDG: Small Island Developing States was 73.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The highest recorded value was 95.7% in 1998.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.8% in 2024.
- How does SDG: Small Island Developing States rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- SDG: Small Island Developing States ranks 100th out of 175 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in SDG: Small Island Developing States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this SDG: Small Island Developing States 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release