Data for 1999
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 1999
Figures for 1999, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
This is the share of primary-school teachers who hold at least the minimum qualification their own country requires of them — SDG indicator 4.c.1. It describes the teaching workforce rather than the pupils.
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 1999 covers 51 countries on 3 measures. 9 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Nepal is lowest, at 15.00. The middle country reads 81.00.
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education · Data for 1999
Highest9 countries share it
100.00LowestNepal
15.00Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 1999, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 51 countries · select a heading to sort
ABWCaribbean | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
CUBCaribbean | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
KWTWestern Asia | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
MUSEastern Africa | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
MNGEastern Asia | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
MSRCaribbean | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
PSEWestern Asia | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
AZEWestern Asia | 99.98 | 99.98 | 99.97 |
UKREastern Europe | 99.87 | — | — |
OMNWestern Asia | 99.56 | 99.35 | 99.78 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 98.91 | 98.80 | 100.00 |
CYMCaribbean | 98.09 | 98.38 | 95.83 |
NERWestern Africa | 97.75 | 97.53 | 97.85 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 97.11 | 96.61 | 98.09 |
ZMBEastern Africa | 94.18 | 95.16 | 93.25 |
DZANorthern Africa | 93.73 | 95.71 | 92.05 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 91.13 | 91.81 | 89.05 |
BWASouthern Africa | 90.24 | 92.28 | 81.41 |
ARMWestern Asia | 89.33 | 89.39 | 71.67 |
CRICentral America | 87.18 | 87.14 | 87.32 |
HKGEastern Asia | 86.39 | 86.09 | 87.43 |
SYCEastern Africa | 82.26 | 83.36 | 76.19 |
SYRWestern Asia | 81.10 | — | — |
MACEastern Asia | 81.00 | 83.87 | 61.93 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 80.93 | — | — |
TCACaribbean | 79.80 | 78.95 | 100.00 |
NICCentral America | 79.20 | 82.40 | 63.32 |
PANCentral America | 78.98 | 76.56 | 86.15 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 78.07 | 80.53 | 68.10 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 77.65 | 78.38 | 75.15 |
AIACaribbean | 76.06 | 75.81 | 77.78 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 75.72 | 85.19 | 68.60 |
DOMCaribbean | 73.91 | 77.20 | 64.14 |
ERIEastern Africa | 72.78 | 69.09 | 74.76 |
VGBCaribbean | 71.90 | 74.81 | 54.55 |
GHAWestern Africa | 71.80 | 88.54 | 64.00 |
TTOCaribbean | 71.45 | 70.66 | 73.93 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 66.67 | 64.51 | 69.86 |
VCTCaribbean | 66.14 | 69.13 | 59.14 |
DMACaribbean | 63.98 | 69.93 | 45.64 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 63.26 | 62.49 | 66.00 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 59.58 | 59.58 | 59.58 |
BHSCaribbean | 58.44 | 59.02 | 57.43 |
BENWestern Africa | 57.70 | 77.21 | 51.99 |
MWIEastern Africa | 53.54 | 49.99 | 55.91 |
GUYSouth America | 51.74 | 51.70 | 51.98 |
RWAEastern Africa | 48.63 | 45.87 | 51.97 |
TGOWestern Africa | 31.12 | 45.88 | 28.83 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 15.00 | 11.20 | 16.10 |
02In 1999
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 81.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
03Caveats
Read before you use
43 distinct values among 51
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 9 countries share 100.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
6 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
04The files
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1999). Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/qualified-teachers-primary/1999
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