Data for 2008
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2008
Figures for 2008, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2008 covers 83 countries on 3 measures. 17 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; Liberia is lowest, at 40.113. The middle country reads 91.467. Against 2007, 55 values changed (26 up, 29 down), 14 countries joined, 11 left.
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education · Data for 2008
Highest17 countries share it
100.000LowestLiberia
40.113Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.
01Values only
The table
Every country and every column of Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 83 countries · select a heading to sort
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 100.000 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| 99.941 | 99.95 | 99.86 | |
| 99.815 | — | — | |
| 99.772 | — | — | |
| 99.482 | 100.00 | 97.03 | |
| 99.000 | 98.84 | 99.80 | |
| 98.889 | 98.92 | 98.74 | |
| 98.850 | 98.80 | 99.00 | |
| 98.627 | 99.89 | 94.31 | |
| 98.440 | — | — | |
| 98.438 | 98.73 | 98.20 | |
| 98.416 | 98.29 | 98.52 | |
| 98.219 | — | — | |
| 97.791 | 97.75 | 97.85 | |
| 96.886 | 96.61 | 97.15 | |
| 96.739 | — | — | |
| 95.793 | 97.05 | 86.84 | |
| 95.120 | 95.42 | 94.05 | |
| 95.046 | — | — | |
| 94.998 | — | — | |
| 94.989 | 95.01 | 94.88 | |
| 94.162 | 97.28 | 90.44 | |
| 93.267 | 95.33 | 92.52 | |
| 93.260 | 93.26 | 93.26 | |
| 93.165 | 94.06 | 90.77 | |
| 91.467 | — | — | |
| 91.342 | 90.68 | 93.38 | |
| 91.084 | 91.29 | 89.67 | |
| 89.717 | 93.51 | 87.28 | |
| 89.214 | 88.98 | 89.74 | |
| 88.300 | — | — | |
| 87.832 | 90.26 | 72.79 | |
| 87.660 | 91.30 | 85.87 | |
| 87.172 | 76.30 | 93.94 | |
| 86.589 | — | — | |
| 86.296 | 88.16 | 73.33 | |
| 86.046 | 85.92 | 86.56 | |
| 85.426 | 85.93 | 83.19 | |
| 85.062 | 76.79 | 92.46 | |
| 84.706 | 86.83 | 80.46 | |
| 84.284 | 81.49 | 92.47 | |
| 82.969 | — | — | |
| 82.145 | 87.90 | 79.95 | |
| 80.933 | 82.97 | 79.31 | |
| 80.326 | 78.22 | 81.06 | |
| 73.496 | 74.30 | 71.05 | |
| 72.744 | 77.40 | 57.77 | |
| 67.925 | 67.08 | 70.08 | |
| 66.968 | 73.01 | 63.66 | |
| 66.436 | 65.70 | 66.84 | |
| 64.379 | 64.38 | 64.47 | |
| 63.591 | — | — | |
| 60.954 | 59.99 | 64.67 | |
| 59.400 | 62.59 | 41.33 | |
| 58.492 | 59.23 | 53.20 | |
| 57.895 | 60.19 | 36.36 | |
| 57.422 | — | — | |
| 57.021 | — | — | |
| 54.363 | 57.41 | 52.17 | |
| 52.889 | 52.93 | 52.27 | |
| 52.337 | 54.14 | 41.89 | |
| 50.966 | 41.92 | 56.97 | |
| 50.144 | 55.05 | 48.36 | |
| 49.071 | 68.44 | 39.52 | |
| 46.184 | 37.98 | 49.50 | |
| 42.758 | 42.95 | 42.26 | |
| 40.113 | 47.06 | 39.18 |
02In 2008
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
Andorrashared100.000
Côte d’Ivoireshared100.000
Colombiashared100.000
Cubashared100.000
Spainshared100.000
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 91.467. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
032007 → 2008
Since 2007
What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +14 / −11countries joined / left
- 55values changed, of 69 in both
- 26 · 29rose · fell
- 14unchanged
Rose most
Laos89.670 → 96.886+7.215
Saint Lucia82.147 → 87.832+5.686
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines77.599 → 82.969+5.370
Nepal61.360 → 66.436+5.076
Anguilla53.608 → 57.895+4.286
Fell most
Lesotho71.813 → 57.021−14.791
Antigua and Barbuda67.286 → 52.889−14.397
Barbados70.380 → 60.954−9.426
Eritrea87.105 → 80.933−6.172
Kiribati90.454 → 85.426−5.027
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
67 distinct values among 83
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 17 countries share 100.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
28 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
05The files
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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
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Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
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The publisher’s original
UIS’s own file, on its own site.
indicators
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.
Cite this edition
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2008). Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/qualified-teachers-primary/2008
0625 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 200780 countries
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Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 200982 countries
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Qualified Teachers in Primary Education: every year25 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2008: questions and answers
Which country has the highest qualified primary teachers in Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2008?
17 countries share the highest reading, 100.000, so no single country is named.
What year does Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2008 describe?
2008.
How many countries does Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2008 cover?
83.
Where can I download Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2008?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2008 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2024.