Data for 2017
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2017
Figures for 2017, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2017 covers 84 countries on 3 measures. 27 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Madagascar is lowest, at 14.84. The middle country reads 97.10. Against 2016, 45 values changed (27 up, 18 down), 14 countries joined, 17 left.
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education · Data for 2017
Highest27 countries share it
100.00LowestMadagascar
14.84Shaded 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, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 84 countries · select a heading to sort
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| 100.00 | — | — | |
| 99.72 | — | — | |
| 99.70 | 100.000 | 100.000 | |
| 99.65 | 99.647 | 100.000 | |
| 99.24 | 99.173 | 99.482 | |
| 99.00 | 98.997 | 99.002 | |
| 98.94 | 98.944 | 98.958 | |
| 98.91 | 98.957 | 98.800 | |
| 98.75 | 97.523 | 100.000 | |
| 98.58 | — | — | |
| 98.46 | 98.675 | 94.048 | |
| 98.19 | 98.291 | 97.714 | |
| 98.04 | 98.055 | 97.869 | |
| 97.42 | 97.489 | 97.310 | |
| 97.28 | 97.494 | 97.110 | |
| 97.19 | 97.252 | 97.142 | |
| 97.02 | 96.713 | 97.351 | |
| 96.89 | 97.161 | 95.983 | |
| 95.43 | 95.436 | 95.050 | |
| 95.42 | 96.096 | 93.469 | |
| 94.86 | 94.875 | 94.799 | |
| 94.72 | 95.750 | 91.224 | |
| 93.53 | 93.523 | 93.539 | |
| 93.44 | 93.747 | 92.649 | |
| 92.80 | 93.191 | 81.022 | |
| 92.59 | 93.507 | 91.524 | |
| 90.13 | 89.949 | 90.573 | |
| 89.65 | 90.110 | 82.828 | |
| 88.11 | 89.115 | 87.572 | |
| 87.71 | 88.002 | 87.089 | |
| 87.20 | 86.594 | 87.550 | |
| 86.76 | 86.750 | 87.070 | |
| 86.61 | 86.249 | 87.433 | |
| 86.46 | 88.247 | 82.892 | |
| 86.45 | 87.449 | 84.585 | |
| 85.84 | 90.539 | 81.738 | |
| 85.48 | 85.132 | 87.880 | |
| 85.35 | 83.676 | 91.096 | |
| 84.01 | 84.441 | 80.556 | |
| 83.74 | 84.297 | 82.114 | |
| 82.31 | — | — | |
| 81.77 | 82.992 | 80.300 | |
| 80.14 | 80.460 | 76.923 | |
| 79.81 | 82.294 | 71.681 | |
| 79.59 | 79.400 | 79.727 | |
| 74.15 | 72.265 | 75.574 | |
| 71.77 | 71.920 | 70.000 | |
| 70.17 | 73.868 | 69.333 | |
| 69.83 | 70.514 | 69.114 | |
| 68.27 | 65.103 | 69.335 | |
| 66.52 | 67.237 | 62.759 | |
| 64.06 | 66.269 | 54.938 | |
| 63.17 | 79.474 | 57.161 | |
| 55.37 | 62.218 | 50.641 | |
| 55.15 | 57.162 | 33.803 | |
| 50.43 | 51.182 | 49.242 | |
| 27.41 | 31.756 | 22.119 | |
| 14.84 | 17.902 | 11.107 |
02In 2017
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
Andorrashared100.00
Burundishared100.00
Bhutanshared100.00
Côte d’Ivoireshared100.00
Cubashared100.00
Lowest
Madagascar14.84
São Tomé and Príncipe27.41
Bangladesh50.43
Antigua and Barbuda55.15
Ghana55.37
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 97.10. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest27 share it
Lowest
Madagascar17.902
Middle country: 96.937
Male
Highest29 share it
Lowest
Madagascar11.107
Middle country: 95.516
032016 → 2017
Since 2016
What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +14 / −17countries joined / left
- 45values changed, of 70 in both
- 27 · 18rose · fell
- 25unchanged
Rose most
Eswatini66.88 → 87.71+20.84
Gibraltar85.29 → 100.00+14.71
Burkina Faso73.19 → 85.84+12.64
Barbados69.03 → 79.81+10.78
Solomon Islands65.58 → 74.15+8.57
Fell most
Liberia100.00 → 70.17−29.83
São Tomé and Príncipe31.10 → 27.41−3.69
Benin70.42 → 68.27−2.15
Lithuania94.17 → 92.80−1.37
British Virgin Islands81.21 → 80.14−1.07
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.
58 distinct values among 84
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 27 countries share 100.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
8 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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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) (2017). Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/qualified-teachers-primary/2017
0625 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 201687 countries
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Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 201887 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, 2017: questions and answers
Which country has the highest qualified primary teachers in Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2017?
27 countries share the highest reading, 100.00, so no single country is named.
What year does Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2017 describe?
2017.
How many countries does Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2017 cover?
84.
Where can I download Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2017?
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, 2017 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2024.