Proportion of teachers … teachers upper adjusted gender in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)
ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105): Proportion of teachers … teachers upper adjusted gender was 0.7196 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105), 2006–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) recorded 0.7196 GPIA for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in 2022.
The figure is down 4.0% on the previous year and down 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) peaked at 1.2 GPIA in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.5302 GPIA, in 2010.
That places ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 119th out of 121 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers … teachers upper adjusted gender in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.9457 GPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.8373 GPIA | -11.5% |
| 2008 | 0.666 GPIA | -20.5% |
| 2009 | 0.5978 GPIA | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 0.5302 GPIA | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 0.631 GPIA | +19.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9899 GPIA | +56.9% |
| 2013 | 1.07 GPIA | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 1.2 GPIA | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 1.05 GPIA | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 1.05 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9304 GPIA | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 0.8702 GPIA | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 0.8156 GPIA | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 0.7469 GPIA | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 0.7498 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.7196 GPIA | -4.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of teachers … teachers upper adjusted gender in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +56.9% | 0.631 GPIA | 0.9899 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7617 GPIA | 0.5978 GPIA | 0.9457 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9131 GPIA | 0.5302 GPIA | 1.2 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7388 GPIA | 0.7196 GPIA | 0.7498 GPIA | 3 |
More education data for ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.54 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.82 million (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.901 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) was 0.7196 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2 GPIA in 2014.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5302 GPIA in 2010.
- How does ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) ranks 119th out of 121 groups with data for 2022.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release