Data for 2024
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2024
Figures for 2024, 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, 2024 covers 81 countries on 3 measures. 24 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Gibraltar is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 93.657. Against 2023, 58 values changed (37 up, 21 down), 6 countries joined, 23 left.
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education · Data for 2024
Highest24 countries share it
100.000LowestGibraltar
0.000Shaded 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, 2024, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 81 countries · select a heading to sort
DZANorthern Africa | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
ANDSouthern Europe | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
BHRWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
CYMCaribbean | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
COKPolynesia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
CIVWestern Africa | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
JORWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
KAZCentral Asia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
MUSEastern Africa | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
MDAEastern Europe | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
MARNorthern Africa | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
NRUMicronesia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
NIUPolynesia | 100.000 | 100.000 | — |
OMNWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
PLWMicronesia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
QATWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
SAUWestern Asia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
KOREastern Asia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
THASouth-eastern Asia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
UZBCentral Asia | 100.000 | 100.000 | 100.00 |
AZEWestern Asia | 99.677 | 99.712 | 99.11 |
TKMCentral Asia | 99.528 | — | — |
BLREastern Europe | 99.496 | 99.498 | 99.08 |
TCACaribbean | 99.265 | 100.000 | 93.94 |
MACEastern Asia | 98.826 | 99.106 | 97.62 |
NERWestern Africa | 98.825 | 99.286 | 98.23 |
ZWEEastern Africa | 97.878 | 97.969 | 97.73 |
SLVCentral America | 97.492 | 97.235 | 98.21 |
JAMCaribbean | 97.374 | 99.114 | 83.05 |
VGBCaribbean | 97.166 | 98.690 | 77.78 |
TONPolynesia | 96.699 | 96.094 | 98.88 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 96.088 | 95.363 | 96.94 |
KGZCentral Asia | 95.542 | 95.542 | 95.57 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 95.410 | 95.309 | 95.65 |
MWIEastern Africa | 94.767 | 94.278 | 95.20 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 94.019 | 94.168 | 93.67 |
BOLSouth America | 93.657 | 93.953 | 93.09 |
HKGEastern Asia | 93.555 | 94.033 | 92.03 |
INDSouthern Asia | 91.726 | 90.905 | 92.84 |
BFAWestern Africa | 90.982 | 95.218 | 86.74 |
UKREastern Europe | 89.898 | 89.892 | 90.37 |
GMBWestern Africa | 89.839 | 92.927 | 87.12 |
SYCEastern Africa | 89.717 | 89.966 | 87.95 |
ECUSouth America | 89.554 | 90.497 | 85.91 |
KIRMicronesia | 89.373 | 89.984 | 86.09 |
GHAWestern Africa | 89.328 | 89.820 | 88.83 |
VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 89.248 | 89.938 | 86.65 |
BHSCaribbean | 89.245 | 90.616 | 75.19 |
FJIMelanesia | 89.150 | 88.498 | 90.34 |
BLZCentral America | 88.666 | 90.016 | 84.04 |
VENSouth America | 88.300 | 88.300 | 88.30 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 87.119 | 85.905 | 89.49 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 86.531 | 85.791 | 89.12 |
MNGEastern Asia | 86.101 | 86.630 | 69.92 |
ARMWestern Asia | 84.920 | 85.911 | 76.46 |
TTOCaribbean | 83.890 | 83.377 | 86.28 |
GUYSouth America | 82.212 | 86.136 | 55.28 |
TGOWestern Africa | 81.020 | 69.630 | 84.31 |
MCOWestern Europe | 80.000 | 79.618 | 81.58 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 77.877 | 77.919 | 77.79 |
SENWestern Africa | 77.107 | 70.412 | 80.63 |
VCTCaribbean | 76.326 | 76.667 | 73.73 |
BRBCaribbean | 75.879 | 78.314 | 67.84 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 74.968 | 71.492 | 78.72 |
SLEWestern Africa | 69.844 | 75.763 | 66.82 |
RWAEastern Africa | 67.567 | 69.263 | 65.35 |
GRDCaribbean | 67.419 | 69.002 | 62.42 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 65.652 | 42.312 | 93.81 |
TUVPolynesia | 60.204 | 61.111 | 50.00 |
LBNWestern Asia | 53.748 | 53.796 | 53.32 |
VUTMelanesia | 51.744 | 50.758 | 53.41 |
MHLMicronesia | 50.569 | 49.407 | 52.15 |
SYRWestern Asia | 38.281 | 38.366 | 37.48 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 33.510 | 34.110 | 31.99 |
TCDMiddle Africa | 29.445 | 48.155 | 24.39 |
PRICaribbean | 25.020 | — | — |
GIBSouthern Europe | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.00 |
02In 2024
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
Andorrashared100.000
Bahrainshared100.000
Bhutanshared100.000
Côte d’Ivoireshared100.000
Cook Islandsshared100.000
Lowest
Gibraltar0.000
Puerto Rico25.020
Chad29.445
Indonesia33.510
Syria38.281
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 93.657. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
032023 → 2024
Since 2023
- +6 / −23countries joined / left
- 58values changed, of 75 in both
- 37 · 21rose · fell
- 17unchanged
Rose most
Niue5.556 → 100.000+94.444
Nauru16.129 → 100.000+83.871
San Marino34.818 → 100.000+65.182
Turks and Caicos Islands80.075 → 99.265+19.190
Guyana66.238 → 82.212+15.973
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.
04Caveats
Read before you use
58 distinct values among 81
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 24 countries share 100.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
5 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) (2024). Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/qualified-teachers-primary/2024
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