Data for 2019
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2019
Figures for 2019, 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, 2019 covers 97 countries on 3 measures. 31 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Madagascar is lowest, at 15.269. The middle country reads 95.982. Against 2018, 50 values changed (31 up, 19 down), 21 countries joined, 11 left.
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education · Data for 2019
Highest31 countries share it
100.000LowestMadagascar
15.269Shaded 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, 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 97 countries · select a heading to sort
DZANorthern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
BHRWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
BDIEastern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
CYMCaribbean | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
COKPolynesia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
CIVWestern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
CUBCaribbean | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
CYPWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
JAMCaribbean | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
JORWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
KAZCentral Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
KENEastern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
LVANorthern Europe | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
MUSEastern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
MDAEastern Europe | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
MARNorthern Africa | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
OMNWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
PSEWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
QATWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
SAUWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
KOREastern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
AREWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
USANorthern America | 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.000 |
URYSouth America | 100.000 | — | — |
UZBCentral Asia | 99.976 | 99.97 | 100.000 |
AZEWestern Asia | 99.831 | 99.89 | 99.037 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 99.521 | 99.65 | 99.060 |
BLREastern Europe | 99.515 | 99.51 | 100.000 |
SURSouth America | 99.353 | 99.40 | 98.431 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 99.224 | 99.24 | 99.193 |
TKMCentral Asia | 99.203 | — | — |
MACEastern Asia | 98.918 | 99.08 | 98.165 |
CPVWestern Africa | 98.901 | 99.09 | 98.439 |
MOZEastern Africa | 97.957 | 98.63 | 97.388 |
SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 97.836 | 97.73 | 98.275 |
COLSouth America | 97.495 | 98.15 | 95.270 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 97.291 | 95.96 | 98.363 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 97.252 | 97.38 | 97.060 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 96.910 | 96.37 | 97.532 |
MRTWestern Africa | 96.855 | 97.28 | 96.619 |
KGZCentral Asia | 96.462 | 96.46 | 96.622 |
HKGEastern Asia | 95.982 | 96.39 | 94.656 |
RWAEastern Africa | 95.061 | 95.87 | 94.057 |
DOMCaribbean | 94.856 | 94.87 | 94.792 |
CRICentral America | 94.527 | 94.52 | 94.549 |
TONPolynesia | 92.857 | 92.36 | 94.286 |
BHSCaribbean | 92.780 | 93.72 | 79.167 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 92.779 | 92.28 | 94.299 |
FJIMelanesia | 92.272 | 91.54 | 93.445 |
GABMiddle Africa | 91.952 | 90.33 | 94.147 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 91.847 | 91.27 | 93.123 |
BRASouth America | 91.168 | 91.69 | 87.287 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 90.123 | 92.79 | 61.905 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 89.832 | 90.44 | 72.183 |
UKREastern Europe | 89.113 | 89.11 | 89.429 |
MNGEastern Asia | 88.944 | 90.00 | 67.331 |
MEXCentral America | 88.594 | 90.07 | 85.481 |
BFAWestern Africa | 88.593 | 93.59 | 83.982 |
BOLSouth America | 88.194 | 88.64 | 87.356 |
GMBWestern Africa | 87.814 | 89.61 | 86.795 |
LCACaribbean | 87.408 | 89.41 | 76.074 |
MDVSouthern Asia | 86.649 | 84.92 | 91.842 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 86.647 | 85.35 | 91.250 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 84.642 | 85.18 | 83.758 |
VCTCaribbean | 84.641 | 85.90 | 77.273 |
SYCEastern Africa | 84.277 | 83.73 | 87.368 |
LKASouthern Asia | 83.328 | 82.96 | 86.003 |
SLBMelanesia | 82.360 | 81.40 | 83.224 |
BLZCentral America | 82.272 | 83.51 | 78.247 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 80.874 | — | — |
TUVPolynesia | 78.302 | 80.95 | 68.182 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 77.314 | 70.09 | 86.400 |
TGOWestern Africa | 76.709 | 68.23 | 78.451 |
MSRCaribbean | 75.862 | 76.92 | 66.667 |
SENWestern Africa | 75.340 | 72.08 | 76.866 |
BRBCaribbean | 75.107 | 78.13 | 65.244 |
ARMWestern Asia | 73.624 | 74.76 | 64.604 |
INDSouthern Asia | 73.133 | 72.66 | 73.701 |
VGBCaribbean | 71.642 | 73.44 | 33.333 |
BENWestern Africa | 71.223 | 70.67 | 71.422 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 67.925 | 65.39 | 72.555 |
SLEWestern Africa | 63.647 | 73.46 | 59.458 |
MCOWestern Europe | 63.529 | 65.47 | 54.839 |
DMACaribbean | 62.857 | 63.36 | 59.016 |
KNACaribbean | 61.893 | 61.80 | 62.857 |
GHAWestern Africa | 61.538 | 65.80 | 58.332 |
SDNNorthern Africa | 58.540 | 58.36 | 58.953 |
MHLMicronesia | 46.944 | 48.33 | 44.970 |
FSMMicronesia | 36.333 | 36.23 | 36.559 |
MDGEastern Africa | 15.269 | 18.91 | 11.163 |
02In 2019
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
Andorrashared100.000
United Arab Emiratesshared100.000
Burundishared100.000
Bahrainshared100.000
Bhutanshared100.000
Lowest
Madagascar15.269
Micronesia36.333
Marshall Islands46.944
Sudan58.540
Ghana61.538
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.982. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest30 share it
Lowest
Madagascar18.91
Middle country: 95.91
Male
Highest32 share it
Lowest
Madagascar11.163
Middle country: 94.724
032018 → 2019
Since 2018
- +21 / −11countries joined / left
- 50values changed, of 76 in both
- 31 · 19rose · fell
- 26unchanged
Rose most
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines61.069 → 84.641+23.572
Bangladesh48.487 → 67.925+19.438
Solomon Islands76.067 → 82.360+6.293
Mauritania91.196 → 96.855+5.659
Lesotho87.513 → 92.779+5.266
Fell most
British Virgin Islands95.142 → 71.642−23.500
Gambia100.000 → 87.814−12.186
Maldives92.078 → 86.649−5.429
Mongolia93.270 → 88.944−4.326
Micronesia39.664 → 36.333−3.331
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.
04Caveats
Read before you use
67 distinct values among 97
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 31 countries share 100.000. 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.
05The files
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Cite this edition
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2019). Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/qualified-teachers-primary/2019
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