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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.

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Qualified Teachers in Primary Education · Data for 2008

Highest17 countries share it

100.000

LowestLiberia

40.113

Shaded 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

Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2008: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
AndorraANDSouthern Europe100.000100.00100.00
ColombiaCOLSouth America100.000100.00100.00
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa100.000100.00100.00
CubaCUBCaribbean100.000100.00100.00
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe100.000100.00100.00
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia100.000100.00100.00
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa100.000100.00100.00
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa100.000100.00100.00
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia100.000100.00100.00
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa100.000100.00100.00
PalestinePSEWestern Asia100.000100.00100.00
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe100.000100.00100.00
San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe100.000100.00100.00
South KoreaKOREastern Asia100.000100.00100.00
SpainESPSouthern Europe100.000100.00100.00
SurinameSURSouth America100.000100.00100.00
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia100.000100.00100.00
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia99.94199.9599.86
UkraineUKREastern Europe99.815——
BelarusBLREastern Europe99.772——
ArubaABWCaribbean99.482100.0097.03
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia99.00098.8499.80
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia98.88998.9298.74
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa98.85098.8099.00
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia98.62799.8994.31

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Andorrashared100.000
  2. Côte d’Ivoireshared100.000
  3. Colombiashared100.000
  4. Cubashared100.000
  5. Spainshared100.000

Lowest

  1. Liberia40.113
  2. Belize42.758
  3. Senegal46.184
  4. Ghana49.071
  5. Mali50.144

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

  • Female

    Highest18 share it

    LowestSenegal37.98

    Middle country: 93.26

  • Male

    Highest17 share it

    LowestAnguilla36.36

    Middle country: 92.46

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

Fell most

+ Bhutan+ Comoros+ Djibouti+ Ethiopia+ Fiji+ Georgia+ Gibraltar+ Guinea+ Equatorial Guinea+ Liberia+ Mali+ Qatar+ San Marino+ Suriname− Burundi− Cook Islands− Algeria− Montserrat− Nauru− Saudi Arabia− Serbia− Eswatini− Tanzania− British Virgin Islands− Vanuatu

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.

The site’s method
  • 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

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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

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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.

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