Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bahamas
Bahamas: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 88.2% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bahamas, 2002–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bahamas stood at 88.2%.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bahamas peaked at 99.4% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 74.1%, in 2012.
Bahamas ranks 26th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 99.4% | — |
| 2005 | 91.9% | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 89.9% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 89.8% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 88.3% | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 89.7% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 93.1% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 74.1% | -20.5% |
| 2013 | 82.6% | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 84.6% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 86.7% | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 87.5% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 86.7% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 88.2% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.5% | 88.3% | 99.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 85.4% | 74.1% | 93.1% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 23 El Salvador 93.2% compare
- 24 Belarus 92.5% compare
- 25 Brunei Darussalam 91.6% compare
- 27 Myanmar 88.1% compare
- 28 Ghana 87.3% compare
- 29 Sierra Leone 83.8% compare
More education data for Bahamas
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,497 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bahamas?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Bahamas was 88.2% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2002.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.1% in 2012.
- How does Bahamas rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- Bahamas ranks 26th out of 44 countries with data for 2018.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in upper secondary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of female teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the upper secondary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of female teachers at the upper secondary level.