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Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021

Figures for 2021, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021 covers 99 countries on 3 measures. 34 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; Lebanon is lowest, at 22.57. The middle country reads 96.15. Against 2020, 57 values changed (32 up, 25 down), 15 countries joined, 11 left.

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Qualified Teachers in Primary Education · Data for 2021

Highest34 countries share it

100.00

LowestLebanon

22.57

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, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 99 countries · select a heading to sort

Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa100.00100.00100.00
AndorraANDSouthern Europe100.00100.00100.00
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia100.00100.00100.00
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia100.00100.00100.00
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean100.00100.00100.00
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa100.00100.00100.00
CubaCUBCaribbean100.00100.00100.00
CyprusCYPWestern Asia100.00100.00100.00
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean100.00100.00100.00
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa100.00100.00100.00
JamaicaJAMCaribbean100.00100.00100.00
JordanJORWestern Asia100.00100.00100.00
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia100.00100.00100.00
KenyaKENEastern Africa100.00100.00100.00
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia100.00100.00100.00
LatviaLVANorthern Europe100.00100.00100.00
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa100.00100.00100.00
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe100.00100.00100.00
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa100.00100.00100.00
NiueNIUPolynesia100.00100.00—
OmanOMNWestern Asia100.00100.00100.00
PalauPLWMicronesia100.00100.00100.00
PalestinePSEWestern Asia100.00100.00100.00
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia100.00100.00100.00
QatarQATWestern Asia100.00100.00100.00

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Andorrashared100.00
  2. United Arab Emiratesshared100.00
  3. Bhutanshared100.00
  4. Côte d’Ivoireshared100.00
  5. DR Congoshared100.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 96.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Female

    Highest33 share it

    LowestLebanon22.11

    Middle country: 96.56

  • Male

    Highest34 share it

    LowestSan Marino9.52

    Middle country: 95.31

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +15 / −11countries joined / left
  • 57values changed, of 84 in both
  • 32 · 25rose · fell
  • 27unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Angola+ Albania+ Bahamas+ Cameroon+ DR Congo+ Comoros+ Grenada+ Lebanon+ Niger+ Pakistan+ Palau+ Rwanda+ Chad+ Tuvalu+ Vanuatu− Burundi− Bahrain− Costa Rica− Gibraltar− Guinea− Liberia− Lithuania− Mozambique− Portugal− Trinidad and Tobago− Tunisia

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
  • 66 distinct values among 99

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 34 countries share 100.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 7 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) (2021). Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/qualified-teachers-primary/2021

0625 held

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07Questions

Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest qualified primary teachers in Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021?

34 countries share the highest reading, 100.00, so no single country is named.

What year does Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021 cover?

99.

Where can I download Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, 2024.

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