Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
UNICEF: All Unicef Countries: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 80.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, 2016–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries is 80.5%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries peaked at 91.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 80.5%, in 2024.
That places UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 55th out of 121 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 89.2% | — |
| 2017 | 87.1% | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 91.0% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 83.1% | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 85.9% | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 87.0% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 82.6% | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 80.9% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 80.5% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.6% | 83.1% | 91.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 83.4% | 80.5% | 87.0% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: All Unicef Countries
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 9.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 112.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 108.41 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.43 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.2163 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries was 80.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 91.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.5% in 2024.
- How does UNICEF: All Unicef Countries rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries ranks 55th out of 121 groups with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in UNICEF: All Unicef Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 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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February 2026 Data Release