Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominica
Dominica: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 51.7% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominica, 1999–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2016, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominica stood at 51.7%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.5% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominica peaked at 51.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 28.8%, in 1999.
That places Dominica 42nd out of 44 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 28.8% | — |
| 2000 | 31.7% | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 32.9% | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 33.3% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 37.2% | +11.7% |
| 2004 | 37.2% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 34.1% | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 44.1% | +29.4% |
| 2007 | 43.4% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 28.9% | -33.4% |
| 2009 | 41.0% | +42.0% |
| 2010 | 48.6% | +18.6% |
| 2011 | 45.1% | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 44.4% | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 48.1% | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 51.7% | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.8% | 28.8% | 28.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 36.4% | 28.9% | 44.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.6% | 44.4% | 51.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 39 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 61.1% compare
- 40 Saint Kitts and Nevis 55.8% compare
- 41 Barbados 52.9%
- 43 Grenada 46.4% compare
- 44 Belize 35.0% compare
More education data for Dominica
- 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 552 (2023)
- 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 69.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominica?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Dominica was 51.7% in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 51.7% in 2016.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.8% in 1999.
- How does Dominica rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- Dominica ranks 42nd out of 44 countries with data for 2016.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica 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.