Data for 2009
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2009
Figures for 2009, 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, 2009 covers 82 countries on 3 measures. 19 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Benin is lowest, at 40.398. The middle country reads 92.459. Against 2008, 56 values changed (27 up, 29 down), 10 countries joined, 11 left.
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education · Data for 2009
Highest19 countries share it
100.000LowestBenin
40.398Shaded 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, 2009, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 82 countries · select a heading to sort
ANDSouthern Europe | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
BWASouthern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
COLSouth America | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
CIVWestern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
CUBCaribbean | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
DJIEastern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
KWTWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
MRTWestern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
MUSEastern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
MNGEastern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
MARNorthern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
PSEWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
KOREastern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
SURSouth America | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
TZAEastern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
UZBCentral Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.0 |
AZEWestern Asia | 99.916 | — | — |
BLREastern Europe | 99.866 | 99.87 | 100.0 |
UKREastern Europe | 99.856 | — | — |
ABWCaribbean | 99.828 | 100.00 | 99.0 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 99.640 | 99.76 | 99.2 |
GIBSouthern Europe | 99.507 | 99.37 | 100.0 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 99.479 | — | — |
SYCEastern Africa | 99.359 | — | — |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 98.870 | 98.87 | 98.9 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 98.559 | 98.59 | 98.4 |
NERWestern Africa | 98.014 | 98.68 | 97.5 |
KENEastern Africa | 96.807 | — | — |
MEXCentral America | 95.588 | — | — |
NAMSouthern Africa | 95.576 | 96.12 | 94.4 |
HKGEastern Asia | 95.124 | 95.56 | 93.6 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 94.593 | 94.59 | 94.6 |
GEOWestern Asia | 94.590 | 95.02 | 91.9 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 94.217 | — | — |
LTUNorthern Europe | 94.076 | 94.39 | 84.9 |
RWAEastern Africa | 93.872 | 92.31 | 95.7 |
CODMiddle Africa | 93.393 | 95.32 | 92.7 |
SLVCentral America | 92.673 | — | — |
ERIEastern Africa | 92.246 | 88.30 | 94.9 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 91.987 | 94.67 | 89.2 |
PANCentral America | 91.539 | 90.71 | 94.1 |
BDIEastern Africa | 91.189 | 94.19 | 87.8 |
TJKCentral Asia | 89.520 | — | — |
TTOCaribbean | 87.995 | 95.82 | 59.0 |
LCACaribbean | 87.636 | 88.36 | 82.5 |
CRICentral America | 87.600 | 87.52 | 87.9 |
CPVWestern Africa | 86.458 | 88.45 | 82.4 |
BFAWestern Africa | 86.114 | 91.00 | 83.7 |
MACEastern Asia | 85.994 | 87.77 | 73.3 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 85.188 | 76.61 | 92.6 |
ETHEastern Africa | 84.610 | 88.93 | 82.0 |
BHSCaribbean | 84.420 | 85.82 | 77.0 |
SWZSouthern Africa | 84.186 | 85.29 | 81.3 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 84.140 | 81.49 | 92.5 |
DOMCaribbean | 83.611 | 83.61 | 83.6 |
VCTCaribbean | 79.636 | 82.24 | 70.3 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 74.092 | 73.10 | 76.8 |
MOZEastern Africa | 71.158 | 77.50 | 67.4 |
GRDCaribbean | 68.795 | 68.02 | 71.9 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 67.982 | — | — |
KGZCentral Asia | 65.748 | 65.74 | 66.0 |
GUYSouth America | 63.699 | 64.47 | 57.9 |
KNACaribbean | 61.625 | 63.82 | 46.4 |
MSRCaribbean | 59.459 | 61.11 | 0.0 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 58.408 | 63.09 | 54.8 |
BRBCaribbean | 58.058 | 58.31 | 57.1 |
DMACaribbean | 57.843 | 61.14 | 37.1 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 57.602 | 62.12 | 42.6 |
ATGCaribbean | 57.122 | 56.67 | 65.7 |
AIACaribbean | 55.455 | 58.25 | 14.3 |
MLIWestern Africa | 49.983 | 55.52 | 48.0 |
QATWestern Asia | 48.887 | 45.20 | 66.5 |
STPMiddle Africa | 48.102 | 49.36 | 46.9 |
LBRWestern Africa | 47.767 | 56.18 | 46.5 |
GHAWestern Africa | 47.567 | 66.23 | 38.1 |
GNQMiddle Africa | 42.698 | 38.51 | 45.3 |
SENWestern Africa | 42.561 | 34.12 | 46.1 |
BLZCentral America | 42.538 | 43.60 | 39.8 |
BENWestern Africa | 40.398 | 44.94 | 39.3 |
02In 2009
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
Andorrashared100.000
Botswanashared100.000
Côte d’Ivoireshared100.000
Colombiashared100.000
Cubashared100.000
Lowest
Benin40.398
Belize42.538
Senegal42.561
Equatorial Guinea42.698
Ghana47.567
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 92.459. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest20 share it
Lowest
Senegal34.12
Middle country: 91.66
Male
Highest21 share it
Lowest
Montserrat0.0
Middle country: 90.6
032008 → 2009
Since 2008
- +10 / −11countries joined / left
- 56values changed, of 72 in both
- 27 · 29rose · fell
- 16unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Equatorial Guinea50.966 → 42.698−8.268
Bahamas91.084 → 84.420−6.664
Dominican Republic89.214 → 83.611−5.603
Ethiopia89.717 → 84.610−5.107
Laos96.886 → 91.987−4.898
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.
04Caveats
Read before you use
64 distinct values among 82
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 19 countries share 100.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
20 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
05The files
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2009). Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/qualified-teachers-primary/2009
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