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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.

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Qualified Teachers in Primary Education · Data for 1999

Highest9 countries share it

100.00

LowestNepal

15.00

Shaded 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

Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 1999: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
ArubaABWCaribbean100.00100.00100.00
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia100.00100.00100.00
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe100.00100.00100.00
CubaCUBCaribbean100.00100.00100.00
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia100.00100.00100.00
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa100.00100.00100.00
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia100.00100.00100.00
MontserratMSRCaribbean100.00100.00100.00
PalestinePSEWestern Asia100.00100.00100.00
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia99.9899.9899.97
UkraineUKREastern Europe99.87——
OmanOMNWestern Asia99.5699.3599.78
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe98.9198.80100.00
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean98.0998.3895.83
NigerNERWestern Africa97.7597.5397.85
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia97.1196.6198.09
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa94.1895.1693.25
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa93.7395.7192.05
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa91.1391.8189.05
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa90.2492.2881.41
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia89.3389.3971.67
Costa RicaCRICentral America87.1887.1487.32
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia86.3986.0987.43
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa82.2683.3676.19
SyriaSYRWestern Asia81.10——

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Arubashared100.00
  2. Bhutanshared100.00
  3. Cubashared100.00
  4. Croatiashared100.00
  5. Kuwaitshared100.00

Lowest

  1. Nepal15.00
  2. Togo31.12
  3. Rwanda48.63
  4. Guyana51.74
  5. Malawi53.54

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

  • Female

    Highest9 share it

    LowestNepal11.20

    Middle country: 84.53

  • Male

    Highest11 share it

    LowestNepal16.10

    Middle country: 76.98

03Caveats

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How values are stored
  • 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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